Hike around Bec-Hellouin

Date of your route : Mar 25, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

a lovely route

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Date of your route : Nov 15, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful hike, pleasant paths, beautiful views. Alternating wooded areas and plains. Long crossing of farmland. At the end of the route, you can join the greenway to avoid walking on the road to Bec Helloin. Effective signage, Visorando information sheet always very well done, clear and precise.

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Date of your route : Jan 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I take this route but when I turn off at point 7 towards the Bec Hellouin it is about 7 or 8 km further on.

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Date of your route : Aug 05, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very pleasant walk, well shaded in this summer weather

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Date of your route : Jun 20, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant and varied route. Green valley, forests with very pleasant paths, plain where the paths are very grassy and a little difficult because they are never clear.

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Date of your route : Jun 09, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

This very accessible and enjoyable walk is the perfect complement to a time of silence and contemplation around the abbeys of the Bec Hellouin valley.

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Date of your route : Jan 22, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The village is very pleasant and the abbey is impressive. However, the surrounding woods and fields are of little interest. Plantation fir forest on the west side, very young forest on the east side, with few mature trees. Both are infested with hunters in winter, who shoot in all directions. And between 6 and 8 you'll be treated to motocross bikes. Not exactly bucolic, then. I recommend the village, but not for walking.

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Date of your route : Nov 22, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello,
To leave the voie verte at level 4, going down the embankment seems to be the best solution. At point 6, disregard the no-entry sign; it should be for the woods along the path. We decided between points 12 and 13 to return via the cemetery.
Don't forget to visit the abbey.
Thank you

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Date of your route : Aug 15, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Super hike that we completed in less than four hours, good description but be careful at point 6 when you turn slightly right there is a red sign nailed to a tree "propriété privée défense d'entrer" it does not concern the path, you can continue without worries.
I recommend this lovely walk.

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Date of your route : Jan 20, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Hello
Pleasant route. Between 12 and 13 we took the Gr down to Le bec hellouin.

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Date of your route : Oct 03, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Hello,
this is a poorly explained hike.
in 2 you turn left on the greenway, there is the GR 224 on the right and a blue PR on the left: you have to take the PR BLeu otherwise if you stay on the greenway you will pass under the D 438.
in 5, 6, 7 follow the blue PR
in 8 do not follow the blue PR, take the small road on the right towards the mare ribière
in 13 in my opinion it is better to take the rue de la guillotine then join the voie verte and just before take the Pr towards le Bec.
Best regards

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Date of your route : Jun 20, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful walk

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Date of your route : Jan 18, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A lovely walk around a very pleasant site. Before the old gatehouse, leave the voie verte and take the path that bends to the right towards the monastery. At the corner of the crossroads behind the house, look out for the beautiful RN levelling stone. On the way back, after descending to the D39, turn right for 20 m and then left onto the D580 (150 m) to reach the abbey via the greenway, thus avoiding the road. Then visit the courtyard of the Abbey.

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Date of your route : Oct 21, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Nice, varied walk around this beautiful Bec valley, but a few comments: rather than taking the tarmac greenway, whenever possible take the path below which is more pleasant and which leads directly to the path on the left at point 4.
To avoid the N39, it is possible to take the small road on the left between points 12 and 13 which passes in front of the cemetery and arrives opposite the church.

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Date of your route : Aug 22, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

This walk is a great way to visit the charming village of Le Bec Hellouin. A few comments:
4. the start of the path is not on the greenway but below it, you have to go down the embankment from the path that runs alongside the greenway.
13. I thought the return journey along the D39 was dangerous, as cars drive fast and there is no pavement. I suggest turning right off the track and taking the first path on the left that joins the greenway. It's a bit longer but more pleasant.
If you need to shorten the walk after junction 8, turn left at the pressoir and join junction 11. Points 9 and 10 are in the middle of fields and, depending on the weather, not very pleasant.

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