Tag: Paris

Avenue Verte: Day 1 of bicycling from Paris to London

A bike route from Note Dame in Paris to the London Eye? Of course I had to ride it.

A bicycle route from Paris to London? From the Seine to the Thames and connecting Notre Dame and the London Eye? That’s like waving a red flag in front of a bull — of course I had to do it.

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‘Seine a Velo’ cycle route: 3 days between Rouen and Paris

For me, the highlight of this route is Claude Monet’s gorgeous garden at Giverny. Rouen was a lovely surprise.

A sign along the way.

France’s Seine a Velo cycle route stretches more than 400 kilometers between Paris and the English Channel (Le Havre or Deauville, take your pick). We chose to ride between Rouen and Paris, so most of it. Here’s what we found.

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