Vallée de l’Eure Easy Scenic · part 1

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Fuel stop in Voisins-le-Bretonneux

   Voisins-le-Bretonneux is part of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, one of the new towns built around Paris from the 1970s onwards, and on first sight it is all office parks, roundabouts and housing estates. But it sits right on the edge of something much older and lovelier: the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse, a regional natural park of wooded valleys, streams, villages and châteaux just south of Versailles.

   Read the complete Fuel stop in Voisins-le-Bretonneux write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Vallée de l’Eure Easy Scenic is where the day begins. Next is Food stop near Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines.

2. 2. Food stop near Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines

   Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines lies on the southern edge of the forest of Rambouillet, one of the largest forests in the Paris region, where the woods begin to give way to the wide, open fields of the Beauce. The village has an old church, a few streets of stone houses and the gentle air of a place where Parisians come for the weekend.

   Read the complete Food stop near Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Food stop near Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines is where this day stops to eat. Next is Scenic stretch near Nandy.

3. 3. Scenic stretch near Nandy

   Nandy is a small town on the edge of the forest of Sénart, south-east of Paris, on the high ground above the Seine between Corbeil-Essonnes and Melun. From the edge of the plateau, you can look down on the river as it winds through its wide valley, with barges moving slowly along it and the wooded slopes rising on the far side.

   Read the complete Scenic stretch near Nandy write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   about 114 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near Nandy. Next is High point near Tournan-en-Brie.

4. 4. High point near Tournan-en-Brie

   Brie is a cheese before it is a place for most people, but the plateau east of Paris that gave the cheese its name is a real landscape: wide, flat and fertile, with huge fields of wheat and sugar beet, scattered farms with walled courtyards and patches of forest. Tournan-en-Brie is a small town on this plateau, with an old church and a railway station that links it to the capital, and it makes a practical stop on the edge of the countryside.

   Read the complete High point near Tournan-en-Brie write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   High point near Tournan-en-Brie closes the day.