Ile-de-France on foot and by bike

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The Ile-de-France region boasts around 2,375 miles of sign-posted paths (including 559 miles of "Promenade et Randonnée" trails) and 450 miles of cycle tracks covering all the region's landscapes.

With rides along the plains of Brie, the Marne or the Seine, or through the forest trails, the choice of routes open to you is vast and you will no doubt wear through several pairs of walking shoes (or tyres if you are cycling!) before you cover the whole Ile-de-France region!

Walkers can choose between 25 trails which criss-cross the Gatinais natural park, including, but not limited to:
the upper Essonne valley (2½ hrs)
the caves and rock shelters (1½ hrs)
the farmhouse at Coquibus (3 hrs)
the Ecole Buissonnière (5¼ hrs)
the Seine-et-Marne region (Rocks of Fontainebleau (4¼ hrs)
Porte de Provins (3¼ hrs)
the Val d'Ancoeur (6 hrs)
the upper Grand Morin valley (4¾ hrs)
Jouarre Abbey (3 hrs)
heading towards Paris and visiting the surrounding areas (the Apremont gorges (3 hrs)
the historical Lunain (3 hrs)
the Pays d'Ourcq (4½ hrs)

Cyclists can enjoy routes which take them across Paris (Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, the Mouzaïa district, Parc de la Villette, etc.), into the forest of Fontainebleau (Château de Fontainebleau, Barbizon, etc.), to the heart of the Chevreuse Valley (Château de Breteuil, Château de Dampierre, Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines leisure park, etc.), along the green belt of the TGV Atlantique (Château and Parc de Sceaux, the Vallée des Loups, the bird observatory etc.), to Versailles (grounds of the Château de Versailles, the Petit Trianon and the Grand Trianon, the Musée des Carosses coach museum, etc.), and also to the Saint-Germain-en-Laye forest, Montmorency, Rambouillet or Dourdan.

Comité régional de la Randonnée Pédestre d'Île-de-France (Ile-de-France Regional Rambling Committee)
40, rue de Paradis 75010 Paris
Tel.: +33 (0)1 48 01 81 51.

Ligue Île-de-France de cyclotourisme (Ile-de-France Cycle Touring League)
12, rue Louis Bertrand 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine
Tel.: +33 (0)1 46 58 90 12.
Email: jeanclaude.masse@lif-ffct.net Website: www.lif-ffct.net
Comité régional du Tourisme équestre en Île-de-France (Ile-de-France Regional Equestrian Tourism Committee)
12 ter, rue Edmond-Turcq 95260 Beaumont-sur-Oise
Tel./Fax: + 33 (0) 1 34 70 05 34