This 14.9 km loop starts at the Rueil-Malmaison RER station. You can reach the starting point of this bike route by public transport (RER A towards Saint Germain en Laye - Rueil-Malmaison stop) or by car with your bike, parking near the station. There are also many paid car parks available. Alternatively, you can park in Chatou on the Île des Impressionnistes, where free parking is available.
Departure from Rueil-Malmaison station. Accessible via the RER A towards Saint-Germain-en-Laye or various buses.
(S/E) From the RER A station, you can reach Île de Chatou (see practical information). Alternatively, continue along the railway line, crossing Avenue de Colmar and turning right onto Avenue de Seine, which you follow until you reach the river.
(1) Continue left along Boulevard Bellerive until you reach Parc des Bords de Seine, following the river. Find a path on the left after the golf course.
(2) Turn left to follow the Parc des Bords de Seine multisport ground, then right to reach the Plaine des Closeaux. Next, take the second left towards the Maison de l'Europe and take the Vallon des Gallicourts footbridge. At the end of the footpath, turn right, then left towards Avenue Napoléon Bonaparte to reach Château de la Petite Malmaison.
(3) Go back, continue straight ahead to Place Osiris, then turn right and right again to take Avenue du Château de Malmaison until you reach the junction with Rue du Prince Eugène.
(4) Turn right and you will arrive at Avenue de l'Impératrice Joséphine. Turn right and then straight ahead to reach Parc de Bois-Préau on your right.
(5) Go back, turn right onto Rue du Prince Eugène and continue until you reach a small roundabout.
(6) Be careful, this intersection is dangerous. Follow Avenue de l'Impératrice Joséphine on the right, using the dedicated cycle lane, and continue straight ahead to reach Parc de Bois Préaux on your right.
(7) Be careful, the intersection is dangerous. Continue straight ahead, take the dedicated cycle path, then turn opposite onto Rue Jean le Coz to reach the Church of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul.
(8) You can get close to it, otherwise continue straight ahead on Rue Paul Vaillant Couturier to reach the Local History Museum. This Second Empire building will be on your left.
(9) Turn right and left, then continue straight ahead until the end of Rue du Gué.
(10) Turn left onto the boulevard andcontinue straight ahead until you reach the intersection with Rue Pierre Brossolette after crossing Avenue Paul Doumer.
(11) Take Rue Pierre Brossolette and join Boulevard National at the end.
(12) Continue straight ahead on Rue du Bois until you reach the roundabout.
(13) Cross the avenue and Place du Marché, then keep right onto Place du Maréchal Foch and continue along Rue du Castel Marly. Follow this street, cross Rue Henri Barbuse, then turn left onto Rue de l'Église. Continue until you reach the church.
(14) Turn around and continue on the second street on the left to reach Rue des Venêts and Place Jean Baptiste Plainchamp at the end.
(15) Turn left, then follow Rue de Stalingrad until the second intersection after the railway line.
(16) Keep going straight on Avenue Jules Quentin. At the end of the street, take a path on the left that leads to the Passerelle de la Darse.
(17) Take this path on the left, cross the Passerelle de la Darse and walk along the banks of the Seine towards the west to reach Rueil-Malmaison and the Parc des Impressionnistes.
(18) Continue straight ahead until you reach the pumping station and turn left to pass between it and the primary school. At Quai Adolphe Giquel, turn left and continue until you reach Rue Louis Bleriot. Continue straight ahead until you reach a Y-junction.
(19) Turn right, cross Place de l'Europe and exit on the opposite corner onto Avenue Édouard Belin. Then continue to the Rueil-Malmaison RER station (S/E).