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pedelon travels by eBike RE V ALL EY +++ green river islands and golden +++ green river islands and golden sand banks on the last wild river in +++ The and the are . So, it is not surprising that royalty lived here and built palaces as great as itself” (Balzac) +++ Eleonore d’Aqui- taine, divorced from France, married to England +++ 1000 years of French history, great nature, excellent gastronomy +++ Italian rebirth in the Garden of France +++ “If not we, then who? If not now, then when?”() +++ clay, lime, gravel and fl int nourish noble +++ the end of a genius in the arms of a king +++ down in the valley, the narrow river bends run through the graceful hills +++ grand dining in Sancerre, and Muscadet +++ from the castle of the ladies to rock solid proof of imperial dignity +++

Our tour of the in 7 days, max. 14 people, 3 double overnight stays.

Hotels  Gastronomy  Culture  ! Nature  Orléans 280 km Travel dates 2021 FVL1: Saturday, 22-may-2021 to Saturday, 29-may-2021 Angers Chambord FVL2: Saturday, 05-jun-2021 to Saturday, 12-jun-2021 Loir Cheverny FVL3: Saturday, 19-jun-2021 to Saturday, 26-jun-2021 e FVL4: Saturday, 21-aug-2021 to Saturday, 25-aug-2021 Traveling price 2021 Brézé Price per person in the DR for 7 nights with half-board, eBike, Fontevraud Ve entrance free, transfers, guided : € 1950 na n Parc naturel Single-room surcharge: € 420 t régional de by eBike la Brenne Does not include lunch, drinks and your personal expenses by bus as well as travelling there and back. This travel starts in Angers and ends in Orléans. 20 km

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Flight Booked by you or on request at daily updated prices by pedelon. The journey to Angers is via airport, which is served by Lufthansa from Munich on Saturday afternoon and is therefore easily accessible from other German airports with a change of planes in Munich. From Nantes train station you can reach Angers in 45 minutes by local train (approx. 30 €/person). From Orléans, the airport cab organized by pedelon will take you to Paris CDG airport in 90 minutes, directly to the desired departure terminal, from where you have direct connections to almost all German cities (approx. 80 €/person). We will gladly take care of the organization of your arrival and departure.

Train Angers can be reached in a day trip in about 10 hours from Munich and Stuttgart by trains with one change of train in Paris. From Ham- burg and Berlin it is at least 16 hours; this also involves several changes of trains.

Car When traveling by car, it is recommended to travel around Paris. From the east, the best way is via and Sens to Orléans, park your car in the pedelon partner garage (pre-registration required) and take the train from Orléans (17:02). If you prefer to drive direc- tly to Angers with your car, you can park the car safely in the guarded parking garage of the station (about € 90 / week). Pre-registra- tion is not required.

Participation conditions The arrangement contains the above services. Our terms and conditions apply.

The “pedelon travel information” is sent with the booking confirmation, containing useful instructions on getting to Angers and other tips for the trip.

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Take the eBike through the charming valley of the Loire, passing countless greenVALLEY river islands and golden sand banks. The effects of shadow and light charm the cyclists on the last wild river in Europe. Blessed with French history, it leads to stately royal palaces and major cities, through picturesque villages, past elegant manors and unknown jewels. Cy- cling in the Garden of France, delicacies at Sancerre, Vouvray and Muscadet in top restaurants and cozy “Auberges”. An unforgettable tour through French history, surrounded by magnifi cent nature and with excellent gastronomy.

The overnight stay with breakfast from Saturday to Sunday as back to Saumur. The former “Tuffeau”, mines of the city where well as the fi rst dinner together are included in the tour price. today cellars, apartments and restaurants can be found, or If you arrive early to Angers, from our “Hôtel 21 Foch” you can mushrooms are grown, are constant companions on the last cycle explore the narrow streets and the many picturesque squares of kilometers of the day. If you are interested, you can visit one of the the old town. Meeting for the fi rst dinner at 7:30 pm in the lobby. most famous wineries in the city and taste the famous of the region. In the picturesque old town of Saumur, you will be greeted by the excellent “Hotel St. Pierre” (double overnight). 1st day, Sunday: Angers – Saumur, 40 km For dinner, we go to one of the best restaurants in the city. After breakfast, you will walk to the historical center to the castle of Angers, where the world-famous carpet cycle of the “Apoca- lypse of St. John” can be seen in this medieval fortress. After 2nd day, Monday: Saumur – Abbaye de Fontevraud – intense sightseeing, the fi rst cyclistically unattractive kilometers Saumur, 42 km are covered by taxi, and the bicycles are taken over by you outside In the morning after a short ride we reach the “ de Sau- the lively city. Following, you will enjoy a beautiful ride on quiet mur”. With its high octagonal towers, its cross-windows, orna- mental gables and its ornate shooting ranges, the castle of Sau- mur reminds you of a fairy-tale castle. The following path leads from the vineyards and picturesque villages to the Abbaye de Fontevraud, where the tomb of the Plantagenêts and the tomb of

paths in throughout fl at countryside, through picturesque villages always in the immediate vicinity of the gently fl owing Loire. In the afternoon, Cunault, which has an amazingly large Romanesque church, will be reached. After this visit, you will ride with your eBike in a little more than an hour, always along the Loire shore, Richard Loewenherz are located in the well-known abbey church.

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Particularly impressing is the former monastery kitchen in the ries, the landladies have managed the destinies and provided for Roman “Tour d’Evraud”, with a very complex construction for the the construction, expansion and maintenance of one of the most era. In the afternoon, on the way back to Saumur, you will reach the unknown but interesting to see “Château de Brézé”. The ol- dest parts of today’s building date back to the 13th century and they were greatly altered during the . From the dry ditches, the visitor reaches an amazing cave system, which had been developed by the dismantling of the tufa stone and used for economic purposes since the 16th century. In the far-flung caverns, the visitor encounters, among other things, a bakery, a room for silk rape breeding, a wine press and a huge wine cellar. enchanting castles. We exit the Cher valley in south direction. By On quiet paths along the river Thouet, the last twelve kilometers eBike along the Chézelle, which is mostly free of traffic, we arrive lead back to Saumur. Second overnight at Hôtel St Pierre. We dine at Loches. The castle is situated on a rocky plateau on the left in a very good restaurant. bank of the above the French town of Loches. The resort has one of the oldest keeps of France and is one of the best preserved European architectural ensembles of the . After an 3rd day, Tuesday: Saumur – Chenonceaux, 68 km in-depth tour and a cozy lunch break in the lively old town, we After breakfast, our minibus takes you to Chinon in less than an ride along the Indre through small hamlets and wide areas of hour‘s drive. Above the small town on the you can see the agricultural land back to Chenonceaux to „Bon Laboreur“. Here, ruins of the once proud fortress, in which the Virgin of Orléans met you have again a second opportunity to experience the excellent Charles VII for the first time. Chinon is known today not only for its quality of the food. red wines, but also for its old town, where medieval half-timbered houses and small aristocratic palaces from the Renaissance line up harmoniously. After a short break in one of the most beautiful 5th day, Thursday: Chenonceaux – Blois – Beaugency, historical centers of France, we will travel on small paths from the 64 km Vienne over the Indre to the Loire and this for about thirty kilo- After a short morning transfer, the eBikes are accepted in the meters following Villandry. Here it is not so much the castle that village of Cormeray and we continue our ride on a tranquil route through forest and meadows. We soon come to the Château Che- verny. The castle, situated away from the tourist crowds, is known for the most magnificent furniture of the Loire Valley. It is equip- ped with remarkable paintings, Flemish from the 14th Century, rare chests of drawers in the style of Louis XIV and many other treasures. Around noon we reach Blois. Sat enthroned high on the banks of the River Loire, the Loire castle was the residence of the French Valois and Orleans dynasties in the 16th Century and combines buildings from four eras. On a nearly traffic free bike path in the immediate vicinity of the Loire, magnificent manor takes your breath away, but the gardens that are known beyond the borders and designed by the former owner Doctor Joachim Carvallo according to historical models. A short transfer helps to avoid the busy surroundings of Tours. After just over half an hour, we reach the small town Amboise, from where it goes by bike to the village of Chenonceaux, where an eventful day ends at the pedelon partner hotel „Le Bon Laboureur“, the best house in town with excellent cuisine and very tasteful ambience. houses and stately chateaus line the route along the river up to Beaugency. The 36-meter high 11th century keep can already be seen from a distance. It is one of the few largely preserved spe- 4th day, Wednesday: Chenonceaux – Loches – cimens of its kind in France and lets the visitor imagine how rich Chenoncaux, 66 km in history this place is. The comfortable, traditional hotel “L’Ecu de After breakfast, we visit the Château de Chenonceaux, also Bretagne” welcomes cyclists in the late afternoon after a cycling known as the “Castle of the Women”. For more than four centu- tour filled with impressions. Dinner in a bistro near the hotel.

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6th day, Friday: Tour of the Sologne region, 70 km Her quote is still unforgotten „Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown In the morning, we will ride through the heath and moorland out of France, except those who die here.“ landscape of the Sologne. The path leads through the dense mi- xed forests in which countless ponds hide. A preferred nesting The journey through the valley of the Loire ends at noon at the area for ducks, wild geese and herons. The still untouched nature railway station of Orléans. From here, we will take the train and in is interrupted now and then by picturesque villages with typi-cal two hours, with one change of trains, we are at the Paris Roissy Longères architecture. With their low-profile design, these old CDG airport and can take all flights to Germany. If you have not houses seem to be hiding in the country-side. Particularly vivid booked the pedelon arrival package, we would be happy to help examples of this design can be found in picturesque La Ferté you book a place in the shuttle bus to the airport in Paris for about Saint-Cyr. From here, and in all Sologne, there are organized 80 € per person. hunts which take place up to today. Hundreds of castles in the re-gion are witnesses of this centuries-old tradition. In the af- ternoon, we reach Chambord, the undisputed jewel of the Loi-

re Castles. Through seemingly endless avenues and a gigantic castle park, we will finally reach „the epitome of what human art is capable of“, or at least this is how Charles V described it. The magnificent architecture of the castle remains unforgettable and, on the guided tour, you can get a picture of the size and unique- ness of the castle. Discreet paths lead us back to Beaugency into the „Ecu de Bretagne” and in the evening, you will meet for an excellent dinner in a very good Auberge, located in the middle of the old town.

7th day, Saturday: Beaugency – Orléans In the morning, a small walk through sleepy streets leads us to the train station of Beaugency. The local train takes 15 minutes to Orléans. On a city tour through the old town streets, we visit the Maison de Jeanne d‘Arc, the mighty Cathedral Ste Croix, and the Place de Martoi with the famous statue of the Virgin of Orléans.

This was the site of the triumph of Jeanne d‘Arc over the British, where she gloriously ended the siege of the city on May 8, 1429.

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