Sète to Grau-du-Roi via Palavas-les-Flots

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Sète to Grau-du-Roi via Palavas-les-Flots

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Sète to Grau-du-Roi via Palavas-les-Flots

03:22

58.5km

100m

Cycling

The route constitutes one of the stages of The Mediterranean by bike. Departing from the Sète SNCF station, your objective is above all to enjoy this ride. Make gourmet stops and breaks on the beaches, and without realizing it, you will arrive at Grau-du-Roi.

After a tour of the port…

by Palavas-les-Flots Tourisme

Last updated: August 30, 2024

Tips

Includes movable bridges

Check opening times.

After 268 m for 66 m

After 2.02 km for 41 m

After 9.16 km for 17 m

After 57.7 km for 34 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.37 km

Sète Canal

Highlight • River

Worth seeing by day and by night!

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18.7 km

Vic Pond

Highlight • Lake

The Étang de Vic is one of those Gardiole treasures. Surrounded by vast expanses of marshes, green meadows, and reed beds, it is home to incredible biodiversity. You can observe pink flamingos, herons, and horses galloping freely.

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36.4 km

Palavas-les-Flots

Highlight • Settlement

Here you can enjoy the lively fishing village and buy fresh oysters directly from the boat!

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51.6 km

Futurist Architecture of La Grande-Motte

Highlight • Monument

La Grande-Motte is famous for its futuristic architecture designed by Jean Balladur. Inspired by the Mayan pyramids, the city features buildings shaped like truncated pyramids with concrete lace facades. An example of innovative town planning from the 20th century!

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54.0 km

Vidourle River — border between Gard and Hérault

Highlight • River

The Vidourle River originates in the Cévennes northwest of Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort and flows south along the departmental border of Hérault and Gard until it empties into the Mediterranean Sea between La Grande Motte and Le Grau du Roi.

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57.7 km

Le Grau-du-Roi

Highlight • Settlement

Le Grau-du-Roi is a beautiful coastal town that offers a perfect combination of Mediterranean charm and a rich maritime history.

Its privileged location at the mouth of the Vidourle makes …

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58.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

39.2 km

9.91 km

8.95 km

281 m

141 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

48.8 km

6.58 km

1.18 km

955 m

579 m

416 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 14 October

22°C

16°C

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Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 5.0 km/h

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Comments

October 6, 2026,LGT 26.60; EV17, EV8: Sète - Aigues-Mortes

Again we are lucky with the weather. We can set off dry. The route is familiar to us from the trip two years ago. Time and again it goes along water, sometimes on both sides.
The wind is blowing rather from the northeast, so diagonally towards us. This increases the training effect a little, but above all it keeps the …

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June 2, 2025,Tag 46 - Teil 2 von Robion zur Fähre ⛴ nach Sète

From Osnabrück to the ferry to Mallorca, it's 1,710 kilometers. 😄

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June 17, 2024

The route constitutes one of the stages of The Mediterranean by bike. Departing from the Sète SNCF station, your objective is above all to enjoy this ride. Make gourmet stops and breaks on the beaches, and without realizing it, you will arrive at Grau-du-Roi.
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After a tour of the port of Sète, you cycle

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