Why this ride
136 km round from Paris - plan on about 2 h 02 of riding. The plan has 1 food stop marked.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fontainebleau Forest and Loing Sweep · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 136 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 02
- Journey
- Loop
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Paris
It is a gift from the ruler of Egypt, about three thousand years old, and it was set up here in 1836 on the spot where the guillotine stood during the Revolution. Louis XVI was executed on this square in 1793, and so, in the Terror that followed, were over a thousand others. Now the square is a roundabout with fountains, ringed by traffic and framed by the Tuileries gardens on one side and the Madeleine church on the other. The banks of the Seine in this part of the city are UNESCO listed.
2. Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau is a royal town in a forest, and the combination is irresistible. The château grew over seven centuries from a medieval hunting lodge into a palace of great beauty, and François I turned it into a showpiece of the Renaissance, importing Italian artists to decorate its galleries. Napoleon was fond of it, too, and it was in the horseshoe staircase courtyard that he said farewell to his Old Guard in April 1814, before leaving for exile on Elba. The courtyard is called the Cour des Adieux, and visitors still stand on those steps for photos.
3. Paris
Return visit. Read the place description above.