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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Besançon
Arc-Et-Senans

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans – Loue River Bridge loop from Arc-et-Senans

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France
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Besançon
Arc-Et-Senans

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans – Loue River Bridge loop from Arc-et-Senans

Hard

10

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Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans – Loue River Bridge loop from Arc-et-Senans

03:08

39.1km

150m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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251 m

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans

Highlight • Monument

The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO. Built by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, a very renowned architect of the Age of Enlightenment, this factory was responsible for the production of salt during the reign of Louis XV. The enclosure now covers five hectares and can be visited.

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925 m

A small nameless church

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This is the church of Arc-et-Senans

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14.4 km

Forêt de Chaux Trails

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Very nice trail, varied and it goes well everywhere!

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18.0 km

Les baraques du 14

Highlight • Historical Site

The barracks of 14 are a former forest hamlet, now an eco-museum presenting the various trades related to the activity of the forest of Chaux.

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22.7 km

Montbarrey

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We found a small shop in Satans and it was still open.

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26.9 km

Loue River Bridge

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A beautiful view of the Loue River from the bridge. The Loue crosses the Jura and the Doubs, another French region. The Loue valley was frequented by prehistoric men.
After a prosperous economic history in the Middle Ages, and gone, the source and the valley of the Loue are to this day high places of ecotourism of tourism in the Doubs and tourism in the department of Jura, with one of the rivers renowned among the most picturesque, clean, green, and translucent in many places in the region.

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33.7 km

Loue River

Highlight • River

the dirt roads were too strenuous for us today and so we hit the road. But there was surprisingly little traffic

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39.1 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.4 km

13.2 km

4.76 km

767 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.6 km

11.4 km

2.85 km

1.18 km

< 100 m

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Monday 25 May

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