Historic bike ride along the Berry Canal - Loir & Cher

⚠ ATTENTION IN THE SENSE OF THE CIRCUIT ⚠ If you take the historic morning walk from 8:45 am (Mennetou-sur-Cher → Selles-sur-Cher), read the itinerary from 1 to 7 in the right direction. If you take the historic afternoon walk from 2:45 pm (Selles-sur-Cher → Mennetou-sur-Cher), read the itinerary from 7 to 1 in the opposite direction. In both directions, a return train is possible (2:50 p.m. or around 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. Check-out from Selles-sur-Cher and 8:20 p.m. Check-out from Mennetou-sur-Cher).

At the very beginning of the morning around 9:15 am or at the very end of the afternoon around 6:15 pm, we will pass over one of the last wooden drawbridge that survives on the canal, in front of the door called "Jeanne d'Arc". We will mention some of the beautiful houses that are located near the Berry Canal.

Second or penultimate stop at Villefranche-sur-Cher to evoke the demarcation line that passed at the Cher during the Second World War. We will also see the canal station in Villefranche as well as an area where barges could turn around. Old washhouses and an old tile and brickworks are still visible.

In the middle of your historic walk, we will stop in Gièvres to talk about the First World War and the railway junction with the BA line and Lyon Nantes.

A minute stop in front of the Château des Nouies by the canal in Selles-sur-Cher in the late morning or mid-afternoon.

Passage past the former Touraine Ceramics - now partly destroyed - to evoke the industrial past of the region.

Arrival in Selles at the water kiosk for the historic morning walk and Check-out from Selles at the water kiosk for the historic afternoon walk. Possibility of lunch in town, picnic, bike ride, take a train, visit the Château de Selles or order some cheeses from the delicious cheese factory in the city centre.

For the morning activity (Mennetou-Selles) or for the afternoon activity (Selles-Mennetou), Laurent & André will welcome you or wish you a good visit in front of the priory of Mennetou-sur-Cher. We will necessarily walk with our bikes through the medieval streets of Mennetou-sur-Cher while talking about the Thierry La Fronde series.