Bricquebec-en-Cotentin / Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Leaving behind Bricquebec, you pedal along peaceful roads lined with farms and villages. You'll note the talus, high banks dividing up the meadows, fields and orchards, creating a typical Normandy landscape. Brix is your last stop before Cherbourg, with its ferry services to England and Ireland. At Cherbourg's port, a cycle path runs alongside one of the longest harbour walls in the world, dating as far back as 1783.

The route

From Bricquebec to Rocheville, you pedal along a greenway, then the stage follows peaceful, rural roads before descending to Cherbourg, a port well provided with cycling facilities. The shift in altitude along this stage makes it quite challenging in parts.

SNCF

• Nearby station Cherbourg: direct TER to Paris (3h) / Caen (1h15)

Sea crossings To England 

• Poole and Porstmouth (Brittany Ferries) To Ireland: Rosslare (Stena Line), Rosslare and Dublin (Irish Ferries)