Why this ride
Leave the city behind and spend the day on roads with texture. Out of Paris and back again: 416 km, roughly 5 h 32 in the saddle. It goes by way of Pannes and Sancerre.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sancerre Vineyard Long Day
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 416 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 32
- 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. Pannes
Pannes is a small town on the northern edge of Montargis, in the Gâtinais, about a hundred kilometres south of Paris, and for most riders it is simply a fuel stop on the way south to Sancerre. It lies in a flat, agricultural landscape of wheat fields, small woods and rivers, with the suburban sprawl of Montargis and Châlette-sur-Loing to the south.
3. Sancerre
Sancerre is a hill town in the most literal sense: a cluster of stone houses wrapped around the top of a steep, isolated hill rising above the Loire, with vineyards falling away on every side. From the old Tour des Fiefs, the last remaining tower of the castle, the view stretches across the river valley to Pouilly on the other bank and far over the rolling vineyards. On a clear day, it is one of the most beautiful views in central France.
4. Paris
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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