La Voie Bleue, the cycling route from Luxembourg to Lyon https://en.lavoiebleue.com/ Key Figures LUXEMBOURG ALLEMAGNE 700 Km 29partners Thionville itinerary over the water including lle Metz e s MOSELLE o M 3 régions GRAND EST sommaire 23 Grand Est, Nancy steps 25 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, MEURTHE- must-see ET-MOSELLE Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 03 > KEY FIGURES OF LA VOIE BLEUE® 04 > PRESS RELEASE Epinal sites VOSGES 4 05 > THE MOSELLE VALLEY / 182 KM MASSIF 7 departements 06 > From the gates of Luxembourg, Sierck-Les-Bains to Metz / 65 km vineyards DES VOSGES AOC Moselle, Moselle, 07 > From Metz to Nancy / 67 km Vosges 15 Canal des AOC Côtes de Touls, 08 > From Nancy to Charmes / 50 km HAUTE-SAÔNE Meurthe-et-Moselle, Vesoul AOC Côte Chalonnaise, charming BOURGOGNE- Maconnais & Beaujolais villages Vosges, Haute-Saône, 09 > ON THE TOWPATHS OF THE CANAL DES VOSGES / 94 KM FRANCHE-COMTE 10 > From Charmes to Épinal / 27 km Gray Côte d´Or, 11 > From Épinal to Corre / 67 km Dijon Saône-et-Loire et Ain CÔTE-D’OR Besançon 12 > ON THE SAÔNE BANKS / 328 KM Saint-Jean-de-Losne 13 > Fom Corre to Ray-sur-Saône / 71 km 3 14 > From Ray-sur-Saône to Saint-Jean-de-Losne / 115 km L’UNESCO 1 city 15 > From Saint-Jean-de-Losne to Chalon-sur-Saône / 72 km Chalon-sur-Saône Lyon métropole 16 > From Chalon-sur-Saône to Mâcon / 70 km SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE inscribed sites Lyon, Beaujolais géoparc et Nancy 17 > TOWARDS THE RHÔNE AND LYON THE SAÔNE VALLEY AND THE BEAUJOLAIS / 80 KM 18 > From Mâcon to Lyon / 80 km Saône Mâcon AUVERGNE- Villefranche- RHÔNE-ALPES Interconnected with l’EuroVelo 6 – Véloroute des Fleuves, sur-Saône AIN l’EuroVelo 17 - ViaRhôna et l’EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena RHÔNE Trévoux LYON 4 5 LA VOIE BLEUE® Moselle - Saône by bike From Luxembourg to Lyon: Almost 700 km to cycle and go with the flow ! The Moselle valley, Sunday cyclists, two- wheel enthusiasts, fans of beautiful epics or simply in quest of a break on your bike: focus on La Voie Bleue®, from Luxembourg to the Vosges for a change of gear! From the Luxembourg border to Lyon, La Voie Bleue® is a long distance cycling route of nearly 700 km winding along the water: a route where your eyes will dive into the blue, along the Moselle on the Saône banks, following the towpaths of the Canal des Vosges. This new long distance cycling route, the first in the East of France, launched in June 2020, invites you to change direction, outlook, From north to south, La Voie Bleue® is also punctuated by simple pace or just simply perspective. Supported by 29 partners including pleasures. Start your journey at Sierck-les-Bains, at the border of three regions, seven departments and a city, this route is designed Luxembourg and descend the Moselle Valley, crossing the Lorraine This first cycling trip starts at Apach, at for families, handlebar newbies as well as bike addicts. region via Metz and Nancy; then spin towards the Vosges and cycle the Luxembourg border. La Voie Bleue® along the Canal des Vosges and visit Épinal. Explore Burgundy goes by Sierck-les-Bains, an enchanting along the Saône banks, there you will discover the landscapes of the site nestled in a green bower, and then Mâconnais with its vineyards and then wave in the heart of the crus through the most unusual landscapes of Beaujolais, before reaching Lyon and the Rhône: La Voie Bleue® of the Moselle industrial heritage. opens up new horizons. This new long distance cycling route, rich in vibrant sights where you can go back to your favourites, create Following the footsteps of the Dukes of memories and feast on gourmet delicacies, draws a colourful epic Lorraine, then the long distance cycling where cycling finds its ideal scenery. route becomes the link between Metz and Nancy. Coups de Coeur, accommodations on the waterfront and along From the Moselle banks, passing the riverbanks, barges and cabins on stilts, views to embrace through a series of ponds, the route with your eyes, picturesque villages, industrial wastelands and continues from the Moselle to Flavigny heritage sites, small vineyards or grands crus: from turquoise to through the spectacular canal bridge. ® azure through mineral blue or cobalt: La Voie Bleue lacks neither Towards Charmes, the wild and pigments nor spice! bucolic scenery joins the banks of the Moselle to finish freewheeling on the Focus on 43 ideas, 43 shades of blue and a deep plunge in a green setting to wind towpath of the canal des Vosges and the crossing of the canal bridge in along the Moselle, the Canal des Vosges and the Saône! Flavigny-sur-Moselle. 6 7 diving in French classics Creating memories The Moselle diving in French classics Creating memories From the gates of Luxembourg, The U4 in Uckange, a rare relic of Rodemack, the «little Carcassonne from Metz to Nancy Metz and the Centre Pompidou-Metz, Ancy-Dornot, a village in the heart Regional the French iron and steel era of the Lorraine region» for a unique artistic experience Natural Park of the Lorraine region Sierck-Les-Bains to Metz Classified among les Plus Beaux Villages de France (the Surrounded by sunny slopes nurturing fresh and light white Three borders region Most Beautiful Villages of France), Rodemack invites you to wines, Ancy-Dornot is one of the typical villages around Metz, dive into a characteristic medieval atmosphere. Surrounded 67 km 15 km. Ancy-Dornot fortified its Romanesque 12th century by 15th century ramparts covering 700 m, the town has well church to protect its population and was coveted by the Dukes preserved its medieval past with the fortified gate of Sierck, of Lorraine and Luxembourg, in spite of lacking a fortified 65 km the «Petit Château» or the «Maison des Baillis». castle, such as many other villages in the Metz region. LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG ALLEMAGNE départ A strong symbol of the industrial heritage of the Fensch valley, The historical centre of Metz, a mosaic of different styles, is a the U4 blast furnace is the last of the six blast furnaces of the Thionville départ must venue with its imperial quarter, its narrow streets, the ALLEMAGNE factory in Uckange, built in 1890. Today the stage of a cultural cathedral district and Place de la Comédie. On the railway and heritage program, this iron monster covers an industrial e Thionville ll Metz side, the ultra-modern architecture of the Centre Pompidou- e wasteland area of 12 hectares, where the highest points are the arrivée s MOSELLE Metz, an art and cultural centre, is the work signed by the o arrivée chimney (82 m) and the «cradle» of the blast furnace (71 m)! M GRAND EST architect Shigeru Ban and his partner Jean de Gastines. A lle Metz e nod to the Parisian Centre Pompidou, to which it is the sister s MOSELLE o M Nancy institution, the Centre Pompidou-Metz is an unmissable place GRAND EST MEURTHE- ET-MOSELLE to rediscover contemporary art. Nancy MEURTHE- ET-MOSELLE VOSGES Epinal Being blown away Gourmet delicacies A must venue, Metz invites you to discover, with Epinal A hike on the Stromberg hill MASSIF VOSGES The Moselle wines, 65 hectares its squares and alleys, an atypical architecture Coup de Coeur of La Voie Bleue DES VOSGES Accomodation playing with the time slider. As La Voie Bleue® From the sunny slopes of the AOC (protected in Sierck-Les-Bains Vosges of vineyards along the river Canal des A break in the arms of the Moselle La Péniche Alclair, a guest barge MASSIF plays the role of aHAUTE-SAÔNE real link between the Centre designation of origin, here referred to wine) As the hike on the Stromberg hill promises a full Along the whole itinerary of La Voie Bleue®, the AOC Moselle Time for an «Apéro Boat» or a dinner on the waterfront, DES VOSGES Pompidou-Metz andVesoul Place Stanislas in Nancy, it boat on the Canal de Jouy Moselle to the castle of Sierck-les-Bains, immersion in a forested landscape, vineyards, limestone sculpts the landscape with vineyards hurtling down from the BOURGOGNE- the GD Vacances is an electro-solar boat that sails silently Canal desVosges FRANCHE-COMTEalternates its cycling paths between the Moselle through the U4 blastHAUTE-SAÔNE furnace in Uckange or the lawns and hilltop villages, it will allow you for good to hillsides, aligned with a line facing the riverbanks. The main on the Moselle, going back up the river or embracing one A 15-minute walk from Metz city centre, La péniche Alclair is a CÔTE-D’OR and a rangeGray of ponds, before joining Pont BOURGOGNE-ponds of Saint-RémyVesoul towards the Maxe, La Voie overlook Contz-les-Bains and the Sierck region. The grape varieties are Auxerrois, Pinot Noir and Gris and more of its wild arms. Ideal for touring the historical centre of Freycinet-type barge, built in 1945, used to transport cereals until FRANCHE-COMTEBleue® alternates vineyards, forests, industrial than half of the vineyard is cultivated according to the organic Dijonà-Mousson and then Nancy among vineyards, 2000. The barge was named after the first names of its first owners, highlight: the summit where you will be able to enjoy ponds and E.N.S. (fragile natural areas). Metz, the outing offers an original way to have a drink CÔTE-D’OR and historicalGray heritage, where the Moselle is the panoramic views of the meanders of the Moselle winding farming criteria! Several estates, Contz-les-Bains, Haute- Besançon in a friendly atmosphere or to have dinner in a pleasant Alphonse and Claire, but it was Rodolphe who transformed it into Dijon common thread.