EuroVelo 6 – Atlantic to Black Sea: cycling accommodation all along the way
EuroVelo 6 links the Atlantic to the Black Sea along three of Europe's great rivers: the Loire, the Rhine and the Danube. It is one of the continent's best-known long-distance cycle routes, crossing ten countries. The French section, from the Loire estuary near Nantes to Basel, follows La Loire à Vélo and then the canals of Burgundy and the Doubs valley.
4450 km
Distance
18,000 m
Elevation gain
65
Stages
49
hosts on this route
Stage towns on EuroVelo 6 – Atlantic to Black Sea
The towns the route goes through. The places where Bikipi hosts welcome riders are on the map below.
Nantes
Pays de la Loire
Nantes is where La Loire à Vélo meets La Vélodyssée. This green city has an excellent cycle network for people arriving by bike.
Tours
Centre-Val de Loire
Tours sits at the heart of La Loire à Vélo and the château country. It is the hub of France's most popular cycle route.
Orléans
Centre-Val de Loire
Orléans is the eastern gateway to La Loire à Vélo. Joan of Arc's city welcomes cyclists right on the banks of the royal river.
Besançon
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Besançon sits in a loop of the Doubs, below Vauban's citadel. EuroVelo 6 runs right through this fortified city.
Basel
Basel-Stadt
Basel is where France, Germany and Switzerland meet on the Rhine. Cyclists cross EuroVelo 6, EuroVelo 15 and the Swiss national routes here.
Freiburg im Breisgau
Baden-Württemberg
Freiburg im Breisgau is the green city of the Black Forest. Cyclists find a warm welcome here, close to EuroVelo 15 along the Rhine.
Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the grand finish of the Danube Cycle Path. Austria's capital welcomes riders at the end of a legendary ride along the river.
Route map
View the route of EuroVelo 6 – Atlantic to Black Sea and available accommodations
Where hosts welcome riders
- Montoir-de-Bretagne
- Nantes
- La Haie-Fouassière
- Chemillé-en-Anjou
- Les Ponts-de-Cé
- Vitry-aux-Loges
- Le Creusot
- Lux
- Souvans
- Besançon
- Valdahon
- Porrentruy
- Mulhouse
- Schopfheim
- Volgelsheim
- Sigmaringen
- Andovce
- Budapest
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