The Loire by Bike: Montsoreau - Saumur route

- Shops, all year round: Montsoreau, Turquant, vending machine for fresh bread in Souzay-Champigny, bakery in Parnay, Saumur.
- Tobacco press: Montsoreau, Saumur
- Markets: Montsoreau (Sunday), Saumur (Wednesday to Sunday)
- Pharmacy, doctor: (Fontevraud, 5 km or Varennes-sur-Loire, 4 km from Montsoreau on the right bank), Saumur
- Bike rental: Saumur
- Bike repair: Chinon, Saumur
- Bike stop area: Montsoreau(*), Turquant, Souzay-Champigny(*), Saumur / * these 2 areas are equipped with battery charging terminals
- Bus line: n°1 (Saumur<>Fontevraud): all year round
- Station: Saumur
- ATMs: Montsoreau, Saumur
- Free wifi access: Saumur Val de Loire Tourist Office hotspot (Saumur office + Montsoreau seasonal office open from March to early November) and Saumur SNCF station

-Montsoreau
Castle, flowery alleys, troglodytes and old dwellings dominate the Loire-Vienne confluence. Adjoining Touraine and Poitou, Montsoreau is at the heart of the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Natural Park. Labeled among "The Most Beautiful Villages of France", "Small City of Character" and flowered village 3 flowers, it is a privileged tourist stage. This lively village will charm you for sure!

- Turkish
Between Montsoreau and Saumur, the tufa cliff overlooks the Loire and is pierced from one end to the other with a series of cellars, sometimes troglodyte dwellings, sometimes quarries…. The villages are born in the valleys that punctuate the hillside while vineyards and mills draw the line of the ridge. In Turquant more than elsewhere you can discover this Loire landscape so characteristic of the Côte Saumuroise. Today, between tradition and modernity, the troglodytes discover themselves all in originality... Discover Turquant, "Village of charm", "Small City of Character", also labeled "City and crafts".

-Parnay
This coastal village, crossed by the meridian of Greenwich, illustrates the many facets of the Saumur landscape where man and nature enjoy the climate, the rock and the river. While the colonies of common terns and black-headed gulls frolic in the islet of Parnay, the winegrower is busy in his vineyard where the memory of Father Cristal watches over...

- Souzay-Champigny
Village in the Loire where hillside cave dwellings can be discovered through veritable underground streets linking sinkholes (Loire à Vélo route) and pretty mansions clinging to the cliff. On the limestone plateau, the vines intended for the production of Saumur-Champigny and the Clos du Père Cristal consolidate the reputation of this high place of the Saumur vineyards...

- Dampierre-sur-Loire
Located on the steep limestone hillside that dominates the south bank of the Loire, the village has a particularly dense troglodyte heritage. From Dampierre-sur-Loire to Saumur, you cycle on the greenway, along the Loire.

-Saumur
With its exceptional heritage and the renown of the Cadre Noir and the vineyards, Saumur, a city of art and history, is a privileged tourist destination that knows how to offer rich encounters and unusual discoveries in a preserved environment. Classified as a "tourist resort", its equestrian tradition and its Loire heritage give it a double listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.