Deauville-Honfleur in pictures and by bike: get ready to be amazed!
Saturday at 11 a.m., official and collective start to cycle the Deauville-Honfleur section of the "Seine by bike" route. This very beautiful 45-kilometre ride - made up of shared lanes and greenways - can be done by electric bike and for the more athletic, by classic bike. Philippe AUGIER, President of the Community of Communes Cœur Côte Fleurie and Mayor of Deauville, Thomas ELEXHAUSER, Departmental Councilor in charge of tourism and attractiveness (Department of Eure) and Jean-Léonce DUPONT, President of the Department of Calvados will give the departure from the Esplanade du Bassin Morny. Everywhere along the route, between Paris and Deauville, entertainment is planned on the occasion of the "Spring of the Seine by bike". La Seine by bike, more than 420 kilometers of cycle paths connect Paris to Deauville. This cycle route, opened in 2020, is a fine example of the development of cycle tourism in France.
Deauville - Saint-Arnoult
From Deauville, from the town centre, take the Greenway (3km) already well known to cyclists and walkers. It is located a few meters from Place Morny and the famous boards. The ride follows the long straight track of theDeauville-La Touques racecourse borrowed by the big stars on horse racing days and every morning in training. It then crosses the Inter-municipal leisure park, and runs along the banks of the Touques earrings. The landscaped course is done with ease and tranquility, winding through green and wooded areas, among cows, ducks and swans!
Saint-Arnoult - Pont-L'Eveque
A Saint-Arnoult, it is easy to follow the cycle path marked on the ground until the exit of the town to join the D 278 in the direction of Saint-Etienne-la-Thillaye. This rural town made up of stud farms and farms extends over 12 km to Pont-L'Eveque and offers a panorama of half-timbered houses, often surmounted by thatched roofs and meadows where horses enliven a postcard setting. The route is easy there too, wooded and peaceful.
A Pont-l'Evêque, at the confluence of three rivers, you cross the bridges while admiring a concentration of houses with colored timber framing. The route invites you to recharge your batteries in the Garden of Medicinal Plants in front of the Happy Jail whose story is amazing.
Pont-L'Eveque - Saint-André-d'Hebertot
At the exit, the journey continues on the greenway (12 km) until Saint-André-d'Hébertot. Now owned by the department, it was previously a closed track which provided the SNCF Lisieux-Honfleur link until 1972. 49 works of art were necessary for its construction. Very wooded, almost wooded, the greenway is without any difficulty: in a straight and flat line, punctuated by old houses of railway guards.
Saint-Andre-d'Hebertot - Honfleur
Then, the road winds through the hills of the Normandy bocage. Saint-André-d'Hébertot, a very small village, offers a stopover. We guess his castle behind the trees. Surrounded by beautiful moats, fed by a small stream, it appears from three eras starting from the XNUMXth century. It is possible to stay there.
The route continues until Honfleur in a bucolic and agricultural environment. After the A13 motorway, crossed on a bridge which overhangs it, the routes move away from the main roads to cross the hinterland of Honfleur. The road is shaded and calm until the Saint-Sauveur River.
Arrival in Honfleur
A Honfleur, the arrival slalom between the basins to the oldest of them. The terraces spread out over the sunny quays. Every street is a postcard.
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