Urban cycle route in Poitiers

Short cycle route in Poitiers (no steps).

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  • Mountain biking
    Activity: Mountain biking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.80 mi
  • ◔
    Duration according to the author: 45 mins 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 210 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 213 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 390 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 233 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Poitiers (86000)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 46.574408° / E 0.361811°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1727SB, 1827SB

  • ◶
    Type of surface: Not specified
  • ⇧
    Bike carrying: Not specified
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the route

Start at the Dolmen de la Pierre Levée.

(S/E) Turn left onto Rue de la Pierre Levée, right onto Rue du Père de la Croix and left again onto the same street. Turn left onto Rue du Petit Polygone (going round the gendarmerie), then right onto Boulevard du Colonel Barthal (Notre-Dame-des-Dunes, view of Poitiers).

(1) Turn left onto Boulevard Coligny (steep descent), then right onto Rue du Faubourg du Pont Neuf.

(2) Cross the bridge.

(3) Turn right onto Boulevard Pont Joubert, which becomes Boulevard Bajon and then Boulevard Maréchal Delattre de Tassigny. Pass under the motorway.

(4) Turn left in front of the Jardin des Plantes, going uphill (+50m) along Rue du Jardin des Plantes. At the roundabout, go straight on along Voie André Malraux until you reach Place Charles de Gaulle. Turn right onto Rue de l’Université, then left to go round the square (church on the left), then right onto Rue de la Regratterie.

(5) Turn left onto Rue du Palais, cross Place Alphonse Lepetit, then go straight on along Rue Gambetta. Turn right onto Rue Édouard Grimaud, left onto Rue de la Marne, and take the third right onto Rue Théophastre Renaudot.

(6) Turn right onto Rue Saint-Hilaire, then carry on onto Rue du Cuvier. Turn left onto Boulevard de Pont Achard (a slight incline).

(7) Turn left onto Boulevard Sous Blossac (go round Blossac), then continue along Boulevard Tison, Boulevard François Albert and Boulevard Anatole France until you reach the Pont Neuf.

(2) Describe the directions from the waypoint here.

(3) Turn right, cross the bridge, then return via the same route as on the way there to the Dolmen de la Pierre Levée (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 371 ft - Dolmen de la Pierre Levée
  2. 1 : mi 0.68 - alt. 361 ft - Turn left onto Boulevard Coligny
  3. 2 : mi 1.01 - alt. 256 ft - Cross the new bridge over the > - Clain (rivière)
  4. 3 : mi 1.09 - alt. 253 ft - Turn right onto Boulevard du Pont Joubert
  5. 4 : mi 1.82 - alt. 236 ft - Jardin des Plantes, on the left
  6. 5 : mi 2.34 - alt. 364 ft - Turn left onto Rue du Palais
  7. 6 : mi 3.08 - alt. 390 ft - Turn right onto Rue Saint-Hilaire
  8. 7 : mi 3.56 - alt. 358 ft - Turn left onto Boulevard Sous Blossac
  9. S/E : mi 5.8 - alt. 367 ft - Dolmen de la Pierre Levée

Worth a visit

Dolmen, Hypogée des Dunes, Jardin des Plantes, Notre-Dame Church, Saint-Porchère Church, Saint-Hilaire Church, Jardin Blossac.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 2 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
patrice roi
patrice roi

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 02, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little stroll to explore the centre of Poitiers

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Jacques Pierre Louis
Jacques Pierre Louis

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 08, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely city walk!

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