Old Port – Normandy Bridge loop from Aire de la Vacquerie

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Old Port – Normandy Bridge loop from Aire de la Vacquerie

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Old Port – Normandy Bridge loop from Aire de la Vacquerie

10:42

177km

1,340m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 106 km for 312 m

Open: • Monday-Saturday: 5:00 AM-10:00 PM (otherwise closed)

After 145 km for 274 m

Open: • Public holidays & Monday-Sunday: 6:30 AM-9:50 PM (otherwise closed)

After 156 km for 277 m

Open: • Monday-Sunday: 6:00 AM-8:45 PM (otherwise closed)

After 163 km for 230 m

Open: • Monday-Sunday: 6:00 AM-9:00 PM (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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5.67 km

Old Port

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Vieux Port is the embodiment of the Norman village as we imagine it: half-timbered thatched cottages, stone walls, horses and a green setting. Obligatory pass!

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14.4 km

La Grand-Mare Observation Tower

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La Grand'Mare is a hunting and wildlife reserve managed by the French Office for Biodiversity. Along with the Seine estuary, it is one of the favorite migratory stopovers for surface …

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21.6 km

Marais Vernier Viewpoint

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The Marais-Vernier is a natural region of the Eure department in the Normandy region. Coming from a former meander of the Seine, this region constitutes a semi-circular depression which groups …

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44.8 km

Avant-Port

Lake

49.4 km

Normandy Bridge

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The Normandy Bridge is one of the largest in France, it also held the record for the longest bridge in the world when it was built in 1993.

The Normandy …

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73.7 km

Les Chaumières

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Each one more beautiful than the next, some classified and others lovingly restored. Magnificent!

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143 km

Sahurs Towpath

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pleasant and smooth path

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145 km

La Bouille

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The village is picturesque, you will find 2 bakeries for supplies and the ferry which runs every 20 minutes to bring you to the right bank in Sahurs where there …

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161 km

Ruins of Jumièges Abbey

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Jumièges Abbey is often called the "most beautiful ruin in France". Indeed, its white towers almost 50 meters high are impressive.

The old Benedictine monastery was built at the end …

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177 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

129 km

27.5 km

17.8 km

1.26 km

925 m

881 m

202 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

157 km

17.9 km

1.04 km

716 m

267 m

202 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

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Weather

Monday 12 October

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Comments

July 2, 2022,Tag 48 einer kleinen Radtour

You think you're driving along the Seine, but nothing because the cycle path leads you quite far away from the Seine through hilly country. Well towards Rouen it became much more His and closer. Even had 3 ferry crossings.
But what surprises me is that I can remember a lot here in Rouen, because I've been here on a Paris …

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