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4 days by bike from Bordeaux to Arcachon

  • 5 days / 4 days riding
  •  / ref. BA3
  • / Difficulty Very Easy
  •  / Linear trip
from 730 €
per person
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Your cycling tour from Bordeaux to Arcachon:

Grab your bikes and follow the bike paths. From Bordeaux to the Atlantic Ocean, beneath shady Landes forest, calm and pines smell will be your route companions. At the end of your journey: the Arcachon Bay!
The key-word: Enjoy!

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Tour highlights

  • The quietness of the cycle paths under the shading pine forest
  • Arcachon Bay, the Dune du Pilat, the seaside softness
  • Bordeaux, World Heritage Site by UNESCO

Day 1 Arrival in Bordeaux


In Bordeaux, take a walk along the Garonne docks, meander in the lively streets of St Pierre quarter, bargain-hunt in the Chartrons quarters, have fun on the reflecting mirror of water.

Day 2 Bordeaux – St Médard-en-Jalles | 22 km


Enjoy Bordeaux for a while longer, then leave the city along the cycle paths. Reach to your next hotel, where a swimming pool awaits you.

Day 3 St Médard en Jalles – Lacanau Océan | 45 km


Through the greatest French pines’ forest, follow the bike path to reach Lacanau-Océan. You will enjoy the quietness of the bike paths before joining the ocean. Reach your hotel, nest in the pines.

Day 4 Lacanau-Océan – Arcachon | 46 km


Follow the Ocean until Arcachon. This stage is a subtle mix of pines and fines sands’ dunes. Leave your bikes, wherever you wish, to enjoy the beaches. Arriving at the Cap Ferret, take the ferry, with your bikes, to reach Arcachon. The hotel will welcome you, not far from the beaches, to have fun in the Bay waves!

Day 5 Excursion to the Dune du Pilat | 23 km


Leave Arcachon, following the beaches on the bike paths. Cross Le Moulleau, lively village, and keep going slowly until the Dune du Pilat. You will need a little effort to climb this 110m-high dune. But the reward, once up there, is this amazing view on the Landes forest, the Arcachon Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Go back to Arcachon under the pines’ forest.
Departure at the end of the day

Possibility to book an extra night in Arcachon.

The little extra with Biking France:


Private return transfer from Arcachon to Bordeaux – (on request).


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Your accommodation

These hotels offer all the comfort and well-earned rest after a cycling day (private bathroom). A perfect place to enjoy all the centres of interest around.
Pictures for indicative purposes. Depending on the availability.
Including :

• 4 nights with breakfasts (accommodation in a two-person bedroom)
• Luggage transport during the bike stages (1 luggage 20kg per person)
• Equipped cycle rental for 4 days
• Boat transfer from Cap Ferret to Arcachon (bike included)
• A personalized travel app, including all your cycling stages as well as tourist and practical information
• City taxes
• Hotline 7 days a week

Not including :

• Dinners / Lunches / Drinks
• Tickets to attractions, tours of attractions, tasting
• Optional insurances (Cancellation Insurance OR Tranquility Insurance)
• Single room supplement (4 nights included)
• Transfer from Arcachon to Bordeaux and personal bike repatriation

Children discount :from 0 to 2 years old : - 90%
from 3 to 11 years old : - 20%
from 12 to 15 years old : - 10%

(Children's discounts only apply when triple or quadruple rooms are occupied by at least 2 people paying the full rate)

hybrid bike ARCADE Escape - 21 speed gears

(bike included in this tour)

OPEN or CLOSED frame

  • 1 rear pannier
  • 1 front pannier
  • 1 smartphone holder (per booking)
  • 1 repair kit (per booking)
  • 1 lock (for 2 bikes)

Helmet not provided.

(These models of bike may be replaced by another one, similar)

ebike ARCADE Vitality or TREK Verve+1 Lowstep

UNIVERSAL frame

  • 1 rear pannier
  • 1 front pannier
  • 1 smartphone holder (per booking)
  • 1 repair kit (per booking)
  • 1 lock (for 2 bikes)

Helmet not provided.

(These models of e-bike may be replaced by another one, similar)

Practical details

Bikes will be delivered at the 1st hotel.

At the end of the tour, leave the rental bikes at your hotel, we will pick them up.

Your travel appYour journeyHow to arrive in BordeauxReturn

Your travel app

You’ll have personalized access to our travel app, which you can download onto your smartphone.
This app includes all your cycling stages, tourist and practical content, as well as your accommodation. The application will guide you along your route, like a GPS, during your cycling stages.

If you would like a printed version of the roadbook (including color maps of your stages), please let us know when you book your trip. It will be provided at your first accommodation.

How to arrive in Bordeaux

By car :
From A10 then A630 highways >> Exit n°4 direction « Bordeaux centre ».

 By Train :
From Paris Montparnasse station >> Bordeaux St Jean station (by TGV train).
For more information, do not hesitate to visit : www.sncf.com/en

By plane :

  • From Orly airport:
    – Taxi transfer to Montparnasse train station >> Bordeaux St-Jean train station (by TGV train).

– Bus shuttle (Le Bus Direct) : from Orly Sud or Ouest – Line 1 >> Montparnasse train station >> Bordeaux St Jean train station (by TGV train).
www.lebusdirect.com/en/lines-and-schedules/orly-airport-paris-etoile-champs-elysees-line.html

  • From Beauvais airport:
    – Taxi transfer to Montparnasse train station >> Bordeaux St-Jean train station (by TGV train).

– Bus shuttle >> Paris – stop ‘Porte Maillot’ >> Metro line 1 + line 13 >> Montparnasse train station >> Bordeaux St Jean train station (by TGV train).
www.aeroportparisbeauvais.com/en/acces-et-transports/navettes

Return

If you have to come back to the start point:

  • This return can be carry out by RandoVelo/Biking France: please contact us!
  • A return transfer by train is possible and organised on your own. Please visit: www.sncf.com/en
    Plan to go to the train station with your luggage (and your potential own bike)
    (Personal bike return costs are on your responsibility.)
    – Arcachon Station >> Bordeaux Station (by train)
    – Arcachon >> Bordeaux (by taxi)

If you have to return to Paris (city centre) / Paris Airports :

  • This return can be carry out by RandoVelo/Biking France: please contact us!
  • A return transfer by train is possible and organised on your own. Please visit: www.sncf.com/en
    Plan to go to the train station with your luggage (and your potential own bike)
    (Personal bike return costs are on your responsibility.)
    – Arcachon Station >> Bordeaux Station (by train) >> Paris Montparnasse Station (by TGV).
    – Arcachon Station >> Bordeaux Station >> Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 Station (by train + TGV)

Close Airport:
– Bordeaux airport: www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/en


Trip overall rating : 5 *****/ 8 testimonials

  • « Belles balades » 9 *****
    « Merci à toute l’équipe de nous faire profiter et de nous organiser de beaux circuits pour nous faire ... »
    France
  • « Une belle découverte » 10 *****
    « Une belle découverte pour cette première expérience. Une prise en charge efficace et un parcours ... »
    France
  • « Super séjour » 10 *****
    « Super séjour fait en couple avec notre petit garçon dans une remorque ! Les vélos étaient très très ... »
    France
  • « Such a great trip » 9 *****
    « We rode 4 days with our 2.5 year old in the trailer and it was a real highlight. She loved it and so did we.  »
    Scotland
  • « Parfait pour nous » 9 *****
    « Nous ne sommes pas de grand sportif , mais cette première expérience à été très agréable , un ... »
    France
  • « Nous recommandons » 10 *****
    « Très belle randonnée, paysages variés et toujours sur des pistes cyclables ce qui est très agréable.  »
    France
  • « Nous la recommandons ! » 10 *****
    « Nous avons apprécié cette randonnée en famille avec un enfant de 10 ans. Les pistes cyclables sont très ... »
    France
  • « Wonderful trip » 8 *****
    « Wonderful landscape and biking trip for an early spring time. Do not miss the feeling of a cold swim in the ... »
    Denmark