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Bordeaux to Sarlat cycling tour: between vineyards, castles and Dordogne river | 6 days

  • 6 days / 4 days riding
  •  / ref. BS1 6J
  • / Difficulty Sustained
  •  / Linear trip
from 940 €
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Your cycling tour from Bordeaux to Sarlat:

Have a typical French bike experience: beautiful medieval villages, prestigious wines and terrific food. From Bordeaux, 4-bike stages to cycle into the famous St Emilion and Montbazillac vineyards before reaching the Prehistory region of the Dordogne in Les Eyzies. Stay in the superb medieval towns of Sarlat and Bergerac.
Enjoy amazing and various landscapes in one of the most beautiful of France: between famous wines, chateaux, old charming towns, picturesque abbeys … a bike ‘rendez-vous’ not to be missed for history and gastronomy lovers.

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Tour highlights

  • Bordeaux with its renovated docks & Sarlat with its typical medieval lanes
  • The unmissable Lascaux Cave
  • A wonderful tour between prestigious vineyards & Dodogne river
  • The medieval town of St Emilion

Day 1 Arrival in Bordeaux


Discover Bordeaux, with its numerous green and flowered open spaces, its exceptional heritage, and its quality of life naturally punctuated with gastronomic pleasures and night parties. Enjoy its remarkable renovated Garonne river banks.

Day 2 Bordeaux – Saint Emilion | 64 km


For your first bike stage, leave easily the town centre to ride on an original and rustic cycling path which will lead you through the heart of ‘Entre-deux Mers’ vineyards to Créon, a typical fortified village of the area, then to the former Sauve-Majeure Abbey. After a stop at medieval chateau of Rauzan, continue to explore the Bordeaux vinyards by reaching the famous village of Saint-Émilion. Discover this World Heritage site, the fascinating Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets.

Day 3 Saint Emilion – Bergerac | 67 km


Cycle once again through the famous St Emilion vineyards before reaching the Dordogne river. There you will enjoy the charming 18th century Sainte-Foy-la-Grande village with its half-timbered houses and sunny streets. From here, follow the splendid routes going through the Montbazillac vineyards, overlooked by its majestic chateau. Stop in Bergerac, city of art & history settled on the Dordogne river banks.

Day 4 Bergerac – Les Eyzies | 60 km


Leave the Renaissance city center of Bergerac to follow the meandering Dordogne river up to the beautiful and picturesque village of Limeuil. At the confluence of the Dordogne and the Vézère rivers, this medieval village offers an ideal swimming or canoe spot in an outstanding natural environment. Continue to Les Eyzies, a amazing village built on a cliff and capital of Pre-History!

Day 5 Les Eyzies – Sarlat | 54 km (via Lascaux)


On the long version of this stage, from Les Eyzies, you will enjoy the beautiful landscapes until Montignac in order to the well known Lascaux Cave which are one of the most important prehistoric sites thanks to their numerous prehistorical paintings and caves.
Ride the scenic routes through the ‘Sarladais’ country to join the famous medieval town of Sarlat. This city with its cobbled streets, old roofs, and warm stone walls give an exceptional heritage. Sarlat is also well known by gourmets for its delicious local products (such as ducks ‘foie gras’ and truffles). Enjoy its market where you can smell, taste and discover all these treasures.

Day 6 Departure during the day


Good to know!


You will have the possibility to shortern some bike stages by taking the train!
Please consult “information / routes“.


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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.
These hotels provide charming services on high quality as well as a great location.
Pictures for indicative purposes. Depending on the availability.
Including :

• 5 nights with breakfasts (accommodation in a two-person bedroom)
• 1 dinner (drinks not included)
• Luggage transport during the bike stages
• Equipped cycle rental for 4 days
• 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 :

• 4 dinners / Lunches / Drinks
• Tickets to attractions, tours of attractions, tasting
• Optional insurances (Cancellation Insurance OR Tranquility Insurance)
• Single room supplement (5 nights included)
• Transfer from Sarlat to Bordeaux and personal bike repatriation

Including :

• 5 nights with breakfasts (accommodation in a two-person bedroom)
• 1 dinner (drinks not included)
• Luggage transport during the bike stages
• Equipped cycle rental for 4 days
• 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 :

• 4 dinners / Lunches / Drinks
• Tickets to attractions, tours of attractions, tasting
• Optional insurances (Cancellation Insurance OR Tranquility Insurance)
• Single room supplement (5 nights included)
• Transfer from Sarlat 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 TREK FX3

(bike included in this tour)

OPEN or CLOSED frame

  • 1 rear pannier
  • 1 handlebar bag
  • 1 smartphone holder
  • 1 repair kit
  • 1 lock

Helmet not provided

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

e-bike CUBE Touring

OPEN or CLOSED frame

  • 1 rear pannier
  • 1 handlebar bag
  • 1 smartphone holder
  • 1 repair kit
  • 1 lock

Helmet not provided

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

Practical details

Rental bikes will be available from our local partner.

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

Your travel appYour journeyHow to arrive 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.

Your journey

Tour description

Roads with little traffic and some cycling paths through vineyards to leave Bordeaux.

Bike stages trip profiles
(click below to see the trip profile of each stage)

Good to know!

You will have the possibility to shortern some bike stages by taking the train!

On this document you will find the time schedule of all the train stations of the train line Bordeaux > Sarlat: see the train schedules.

 

How to arrive Bordeaux

By train
From Paris Montparnasse station >> Bordeaux St Jean station (about 2h10 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)
    – Sarlat train station >> Bordeaux St Jean train station (about 2h40 by train).
    – Sarlat >> 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 eturn costs are on your responsibility)
    – Sarlat train station >> Bordeaux St Jean train station (by train) >> Paris Montparnasse train station (by TGV train).
    – Sarlat train station >> Bordeaux St Jean train station (by train) >> Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 Station (by TGV train).

Close Airports:
– Toulouse airport: www.toulouse.aeroport.fr/en
– Bordeaux airport: www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/en


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

  • « Good experience » 8 *****
    « Amazing way to see south of france. Well thought out routes, good accommodations. Would do it again.  »
    Canada
  • « Overall very good » 10 *****
    « Great cycling experience in the most beautiful French countryside. Bikes were excellent, hotels very good, ... »
    United Arab Emirates
  • « The bicycles were excelentes. » 9 *****
    « It was our first experience with Randovelo. We really had a good time… For sure we are going to do it ... »
    Brazil
  • « Wonderful trip » 9 *****
    « We had an incredible time biking in Bordeaux and the scenery and beautiful villages far exceeded our ... »
    New Zealand
  • « The bike was good and organised well. » 7 *****
    « Well organised and provided exactly what was offered in the brochure/internet. The accomodation was top grade ... »
    New Zealand
  • « Fantastic trip » 10 *****
    « Hotels were excellently located and we enjoyed recovering in the swimming pools. We recommend particularly ... »
    England
  • « Je recommande Rando Velo !! » 10 *****
    « Nous avons fait l’itinéraire Bordeaux-Sarlat, une belle région, avec la nature étonnante, les grands ... »
    Brazil
  • « Perfect » 10 *****
    « Great bikes for touring.  »
    Great Britain