The Aisne at Choisy-au-Bac – Beaux Monts Viewpoint loop from Tracy-le-Val

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The Aisne at Choisy-au-Bac – Beaux Monts Viewpoint loop from Tracy-le-Val

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The Aisne at Choisy-au-Bac – Beaux Monts Viewpoint loop from Tracy-le-Val

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34.8km

340m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

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10.7 km

Château des Bonshommes

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The Château du Francport is an historic château in Choisy-au-Bac, Oise, Hauts-de-France. It was built in the 19th century. A photograph taken by Count Olympe Aguado is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California.

According to photographer Edward O. Haars for the War Department, this building is where German emissaries were housed during the Armistice negotiations in November 1918 at the Forest of Compiègne. See photos attached with NARA source on the images.

Acquired by the Anglo-French Hotel Management Limited to turn it into a luxury hotel, the project fell through in 2009. However, by 2014 it was owned by Terres de Kéops and run as a restaurant known as the Château des Bonshommes.

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11.1 km

The Aisne

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The Aisne is a river in northern France that rises in the Argonne massif and joins the Oise near Compiègne in the Oise department. The Aisne department is named after the river.

The Romans already knew the river in ancient times as the Axona; in 57 BC, Caesar defeated a large Belgian coalition in the Battle of the Aisne during the Gallic War. Battles were also fought there during the First World War.

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12.9 km

The Aisne at Choisy-au-Bac

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Here you can enjoy this magnificent path which runs along the Aisne.

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14.7 km

Buissonnet Pond

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The Etang du Buissonnet is one of the largest ponds in the region. Bordered by the old railway line, you can enjoy views of the water and wildlife.

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16.4 km

Base of the Butte des Beaux-Monts

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Magnificent view of the Compiègne Palace

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18.7 km

Beaux Monts Viewpoint

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An exceptional perspective in the heart of the Compiègne forest. The five-kilometer, 60-meter-wide avenue, which starts from the Imperial Palace, was designed by Napoleon I to remind Empress Marie-Louise of Austria of the Schönbrunn Palace, near Vienna, where she grew up.

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24.6 km

Rethondes Church

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Rethondes is associated with the armistice of 1918. On Sunday 10 November, Foch and Weygand attended mass in the small church. Outside hangs a commemorative plaque. Inside, the portraits of the two commanders are included in the stained glass window of the apse.

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24.7 km

Rethondes

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Rethondes is of course linked to the nearby Clairière de l'Armistice and the passage of General Foch. but it also has a typical French village character with narrow streets, old houses in natural stone, and a peaceful atmosphere.

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34.8 km

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