Cycling Across France: A Photo Essay

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• January 28, 2016

  tanya

  wow, these photos make you feel like you are right there! Thanks so much for sharing them, it looked like it was a great trip.

  • January 31, 2016

    gigigriffis

    Thanks! Glad you enjoyed them.

• January 28, 2016

  Linda

  Lovely! Thanks for sharing! I especially like the fourth photo from the bottom!!! Luna’s ears are adorable! Linda

  • January 31, 2016

    gigigriffis

    Thanks!

• January 31, 2016

  Colina R

  Lovely photos. Can you tell us their locations?

  • January 31, 2016

    gigigriffis

    They’re almost all along the Eurovelo 6 biking trail (though a couple are detours a little ways off the main trail). Most the trail photos and a few of the tiny town shots I couldn’t pinpoint for you exactly, but the cities, in order, are:

    Photo 1: Mayor’s office in a small town north of Saumur.

    Photos 3 – 4: Colmar, France.

    Photo 5: Dole, France.

    Photos 11 – 12: Beaune, France.

    Photo 15 (first castle): Sully-sur-Loire, France.

    Photo 17 (interior shot of a countryside gite): La Coyere gites in the countryside outside Saumur. https://gigigriffis.com/beautiful-spaces-where-i-stayed-in-the-loire-valley/

    Photos 19 – 20: Château de Villandry.

    21 – 24: Chateau de l’Islette.

    25: Chateau Azay-le-Rideau.

    31 – 32: Saint-Brevin-les-Pins; the Atlantic Coast.

• February 3, 2016

  Ali

  Gorgeous! You’re definitely making me want to go back to France and explore more castles in the Loire Valley. The ones pictured here are really pretty. It would be nice to have more time there, as opposed to the day trip I did last summer. Maybe I’ll go back someday…

• February 8, 2016

  Martin James

  Great work, beautiful pictures.

  • February 8, 2016

    gigigriffis

    Thanks!

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• May 4, 2017

  jumbo

  Wow beautiful pictures. Great collection.

• April 27, 2018

  chris harding

  Hi There from New Zealand

  I have friends with a canal boat in St Jean de Losnes and will spend a few weeks with them in June July 2018. I plan to buy a cross bike and pannier in Dole or Dijon so i am free to cycle to Colmar Strasbourg Geneva or anywhere. I may also bring a small 1.25kg tent as accomodation may be tight at that time.
  I am concerned about security of the bike tent and stuff, if i leave it unattended in a campground.
  Have you any suggestions to make please
  thanks
  Chris

  • April 28, 2018

    gigigriffis

    Hi Chris,

    I don’t think I’d be worried about your tent. Just lock up your bike (bike theft is definitely a possibility) and keep anything valuable on your person. I lived out of a campground in Switzerland for awhile and I’d leave most things in my tent and just keep my computer and stuff with me in a small backpack. You can also look into lockers or storage options (many campgrounds have them, I think) if you have electronics you want to leave while you go hiking or something. I used to have the campground staff lock my backpack in their office if I went hiking.