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📅 2024: official opening of the route

🚲 665 km of cycle route, developed in both directions

🗺️ 2 regions and 6 départements crossed

🌳 5 regional nature parks crossed

💯 100% of the route signposted and safe

🔗 10 connected cycle routes  

🔁 2 loops in the RNR attached to La Vélidéale  

665 kilometres of cycling adventure

From Lake Vassivière to the Ocean at Saint-Nazaire, nature reigns supreme on La Vélidéale. Sensitive areas and reserves, as well as the 5 Regional Nature Parks, link the regions it passes through: the Marais Poitevin, Périgord-Limousin, Millevaches en Limousin, Brière and Gâtine Poitevine.  This itinerary along the water offers travellers a complete break from the daily grind, while allowing adventurers to link up with other itineraries (10 interconnected), and enjoy urban escapades between Nantes, Limoges and Niort. La Vélidéale has a taste for freedom! 

Must-see sites :

• The 5 Regional Nature Parks: Marais Poitevin, Périgord-Limousin, Millevaches en Limousin, Brière and Gâtine Poitevine
• Natural areas: Etang de la Pouge, Lac de Vassivière, Lacs de Haute-Charente
• Castles: Château de Rochechouart, Château de Tiffauges, Château de Clisson
• Museums: Centre international d'art et du Paysage, Moulin du Got, Musée Bernard d'Agesci, Vendée Vitrail, Château des Ducs de Bretagne