![]() ![]() Intercites trains that accept bikes (e.g. If you are taking a local/short hop, do not tick the velo option as all TER/local trains take bikes – you don't need a 'bike ticket' for these so they don't show up in the bike search (mad, yes, but that's how it is). ![]() When searching OUI.sncf website, if you tick the 'travelling with a velo' box, it will only bring up fast train options (TGVs and Intercites). All the coloured lines below are either local TER trains (which you can walk bikes on to) or Intercites trains (also accept bikes but they need to be booked in advance). Once in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, a regional network of local TER trains is key to combining bike-train travel. Bordeaux and Toulouse are also linked by train, as are Bordeaux-Saint-Emilion-Bergerac-Sarlat and Bordeaux-Perigueux. ![]() You can also go Paris-Rennes-Nantes and then cycle down the west coast (or hop down it on local trains). It is now possible to again reach Bordeaux by TGV fast train with a fully assembled bike from Paris Montparnasse. La Rochelle and Ile-de-Re to the north of Bordeaux and Biarritz to the far south highlight the scope of the region. It takes in Bordeaux (the capital of the Gironde department) and runs through to the Dordogne's capital of Perigueux (a major administrative centre), as well as to Limoges, Angouleme and Poitiers, all major centres of the old Poitou-Charentes region.įor cyclists, Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a hive of activity, with the EuroVelo 1 and EuroVelo 3 passing through, as well as La Flow Velo, the Canal de Garonne, Velo Francette, and a link between the outskirts of Libourne and Perigueux. It's a vast area with a wide range of cycling options and terrains. Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the region created by combining the old Aquitaine region with the old Poitou-Charentes region. We walked through the old town but the walk back up to the campsite from town was probably the worst bit - did I mention the 37 degree heat? No shade and 2 tired children - 1 on the tag along that my husband pushed up the hill and the other walking while I pushed her bike and my husband’s! We had loads of water when we got back and lots of shade as well as a dip in the pool.Here's a local train map for the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, which includes the Dordogne, Bordeaux's wine region, La Rochelle, Limoges, Perigueux and Biarritz. There is a snack bar at the end so we stopped for ice lollies before negotiating our way back through town. We stopped regularly for water breaks and my eldest and I walked a bit with our bikes. After lunch and a dip in the river we headed back to Sarlat - the incline back is slight and not as bad as we thought it would be. Fortunately there was also a tap with eau potable just in the car park. There is an Etang further on but we didn’t want to over do it in the 37 degree heat so we headed back to river and headed to a patch of river we saw from the bridge where you can hire kayaks and canoes. We crossed the Dordogne and carried on but started to cycle away from the river without finding a town or a river beach. We thought we’d do the less ambitious route to Groléjac which we thought had a river beach as stated on the map. We ended up walking up the hills! The route is lovely through woods and is mostly quite shady. We thought we’d try this route from the Huttopia Sarlat campsite which is the other side of town! A rather precarious trip through the one way system in town with a 7 year old on her own bike and a 5 year old on a tag a long. ![]()
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