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Fouras – Fort de Fouras loop from La Chapelle

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Fouras – Fort de Fouras loop from La Chapelle

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Fouras – Fort de Fouras loop from La Chapelle

02:10

37.7km

120m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.9 km for 77 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

5.83 km

Church of Our Lady of the Assumption

Highlight • Religious Site

La première des choses que l’on voit, lorsqu'on arrive à proximité du village, est cette espèce de donjon carré surmonté d’une construction octogonale se terminant par un toit d’ardoise. Si …

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7.14 km

Bois Grelet

Forest

3

17.7 km

Yves

Highlight • Other

Lovely village on the coast, with some delicious bakery-cafés and a historic chapel inviting for a stop. Some people come to visit the World War II graves near the chapel.

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4

19.8 km

Petits Prés de Touchelonge Trails

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Excellent scenic trails without vehicular traffic along the coast, their dirt surface well maintained by all kinds of bicycle tires.

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5

23.0 km

La Sauzaie

Highlight • Structure

In brightly painted wood or simple: the traditional fisherman's huts on stilts can be quite elaborate along this north shore of Fouras.

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6

24.9 km

Fouras

Highlight • Settlement

Fouras is a city full of charm, located at the mouth of the Charente. It extends over four kilometers and has five beaches to cool off. Fouras is protected from …

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7

25.5 km

Napoleon 1st Memorial

Highlight • Other

Commemorative stele where Napoleon stayed his foot when he left for the island of Aix in 1815.

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8

25.9 km

Fort de Fouras

Highlight • Castle

Well-preserved castle with free entry right on the beach and great views, albeit very few of the sophisticated Vauban defenses seem to have endured.

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9

27.0 km

North beach of Fouras

Highlight • Other

Crescent-shaped expanse of soft yellow sand at the most narrow point of the peninsula.

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B

37.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.2 km

4.90 km

3.70 km

410 m

398 m

190 m

Surfaces

36.5 km

929 m

214 m

< 100 m

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Wednesday 15 July

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21°C

75 %

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