Cycle through the countryside south-east of Bordeaux, taking in Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure – a UNESCO Heritage Site – on the way.
Distance: 70km
Difficulty: Moderate - it has 680m of undulating hills
Start your ride in Sauveterre on the Bordeaux to Toulouse bike route – and ride through a series of picturesque villages such as Coirac, St Genis du Bois, Cantois and Soulignac, before arriving at the impressive abbey of La Sauve – Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure – a UNESCO World Heritage Site on a Compostella pilgrimage route. The return journey back goes for a large part via the Roger Lapébie bike path, a converted railway line that links Bordeaux to Sauveterre.
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La Sauve Abbey, photographed by Aubry Françon, alias Amenomade42,1 for Wikimedia.
Other relevant bike routes and pages for this area
- Sauveterrre loop ride
- Bordeaux to Saint-Emilion bike route
- Sauveterre to Monsegur bike route
- Sauveterre to Saint-Emilion via Castillon
- Canal de Garonne diversion loop
- Cycling the Garonne guidebook
- Circuit Coteaux de Garonne
- Lawrence of Arabia bike route
- Tour de Gironde bike route
- EuroVelo 3 bike route
- Circuit Vignes et Vergers en Duraquois
- Circuit du Duc de Lauzan
- Vignague River bike ride, south-east of Bordeaux
- Rauzan Castle bike ride