You will follow the Garonne canal, the extension of the Canal du Midi that connects Toulouse to the Mediterranean Sea. This section is called the "Canal des Deux Mers" (the canal of the two seas), connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea: a fantastic route between vineyards and medieval villages, along the Garonne. You will venture across beautiful towns and cultural sites like Moissac... and don't forget the gastronomy, truly inescapable in this region!
This wonderful itinerary starts in Bordeaux and on the green line on 50 km to Sauveterre de Guyenne and by country of Sauterne, 26 km of small roads to Réole, you will follow the Garonne canal until Toulouse.
This flat itinerary can be done in both ways. You can choose the route that is more practical for your access.
- Unforgettable cultural sites
- Beautiful landscapes of the south of France
- A flat and easy itinerary
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The Green Line and the Garonne Canal - 6 nights | 5 stages
Tour profile:
Easy to moderate.
Stages from 37 to 67km per day according to the programme, 2 to 5h bike per day. The terrain is flat. Hybrid bikes are perfect for this type of tour. Mountain bikes are not essential but possible. From Bordeaux, the route profile has a few ascents and descents but becomes flat when you reach the canal.
You can expect excellent road surfacing.
Children: Accessible to children from 12 years old.
Travel Pack:
Selfguided tour, without a guide; we provide you with a digital travel file that includes: access to our smartphone guide application, the list of your accommodations, any vouchers and all the information you need to make your stay a success.
If you wish, we can provide you with a paper version of the travel pack at your home with maps, topo guide and travel folder, for an additional fee.
Luggage Transfers:
You only carry your daily belongings in a small bag or saddle bag. You’ll get your luggage at your hotel in the evening: your luggage is transported by taxi. We ask you to limit your luggage to 1 bag per person, 15kg max.
Hotel Classification:
3* Hotel in Moissac; 4* Hotel Bordeaux and in Toulouse; 2 à 4* charming guest houses in Camiran and Le Mas d’Agenais.
In France, more and more hotels and guest houses are refusing to take part in the star-rating system, even establishments which were classified a year or two ago are now choosing to not take part. This doesn’t mean that they are of a lesser quality, in fact far from it, a lot of these guest houses provide you with lovely rooms. If we indicate that an accommodation is ‘3-star or equivalent to’ this means that the establishment has chosen not to receive an official classification, but we believe the level of comfort provided is equal to that of a 3-star establishment.
Arrival and parking:
Arrival by plane: International airports of Bordeaux or Toulouse.
Arriving by train: TGV to Bordeaux or Toulouse.
Arrival by car / parking: Car Park: in Bordeaux, about € 100 (7 days; non secured car park - do not leave belongings in the car); in Toulouse, about € 160 (7 days; non secured car park - do not leave belongings in the car).
Transfers:
Bordeaux Airport to Bordeaux bus station: Daily shuttle between the airport and the bus station, both ways - about 10€.
Bordeaux Airport to Bordeaux train station: The airport is 6km away from the train station, 1h20 to 1h30 travel.
Toulouse train station to Bergerac train station: 4h30 journey.
Toulouse Airport to Toulouse train station: Daily shuttle between the airport and the bus station, both ways - about 9€.
Taxi: Blagnac airport to Toulouse city-center is about € 80, same price for Bordeaux.
