Tonnerre – Fosse Dionne loop from Mélisey

Mountain biking trails

France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Avallon

Mélisey

Tonnerre – Fosse Dionne loop from Mélisey

Moderate

riders

Tonnerre – Fosse Dionne loop from Mélisey

02:17

32.1km

390m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 16.7 km for 24 m

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14.7 km

Canal de Bourgogne

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The Burgundy Canal is 242 km long, it connects the Seine basin to the Rhône basin. Previously used for moving goods, but since the 1960s the canal has been used almost exclusively for recreational boating.

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15.5 km

Tonnerre

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Tonnerre is a small village with character nicknamed "La petite Venise bourguignonne". To see among others: the perpetual waters of the mysterious Fosse Dionne, the Saint-Pierre Church, the Hôtel Dieu …

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16.2 km

Notre-Dame Church

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Originally a simple oratory of a pilgrim's house, it became, over time, the main church of Tonnerre. In the 11th century, the Hôtel-Dieu Notre-Dame was a modest house welcoming pilgrims …

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16.7 km

Fosse Dionne and the town of Tonnerre

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The Dionne pit is a karst spring known as the Vaucluse source. It is in fact a resurgence located in the city center of Tonnerre. His presence is at the …

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16.7 km

Fosse Dionne

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The Dionne pit is a karst source called the Vauclusian source, located in the city center of Tonnerre. It is fed by the infiltration of precipitation into the surrounding limestone …

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17.5 km

Fosse Dionne in Tonnerre

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Spectacular karst spring in Tonerre for a spectacularly short river, which flows into a side arm of the Armancon, a tributary of the Yonne, after 180 meters.

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18.0 km

Burgundy Canal

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A long ribbon of water crossing the countryside for 242 kilometers: here is the Burgundy Canal, which connects the Yonne to the Saône and Migennes to Saint-Jean-de-Losne. For some, it …

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32.1 km

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