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Guides and books

You can be sure of good companions on your route to discover La Vélodyssée and the Atlantic Coast Route (EuroVelo 1). In this section, we look at some of the guides and books available that will prepare you for your get-away and provide essential practical and tourist information to make the very most of your experience.

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BIKELINE – Atlantic Coast Route - «From the fjords of Norway to the beaches in Portugal» 🇬🇧

Publisher : VERLAG ESTERBAUER
Price : 16.90 €
Date of publication : December 2021

The very first guidebook in English of the BIKELINE Collection from the renowned publisher: VERLAG ESTERBAUER; describing the 11,150km Atlantic Coast Route, including the 1,290km La Vélodyssée.

Detailed route descriptions via accurate 1:75,000 scale maps
Numerous cultural and tourist addresses not to be missed
Complete directory of accommodation and services

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BIKELINE – Atlantic Coast Route - «Von den Fjorden Norwegens zu den Stränden Portugals» 🇩🇪

Publisher : VERLAG ESTERBAUER
Price : 15 €
Date of publication : june 2021

The first full-scale German guide to the Atlantic Coast Route - EuroVelo 1. A new "Panorama" guide from the BIKELINE Collection of the renowned publisher: VERLAG ESTERBAUER; describing the 11,150km Atlantic Coast Route

Detailed route descriptions via accurate 1:75,000 scale maps
Numerous cultural and tourist addresses not to be missed
Complete directory of accommodation and services

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New : BIKELINE – La Vélodyssée « Von der Bretagne entlang der Atlantikküste bis ins Baskenland » 🇩🇪

Publisher : VERLAGESTERBAUER
Price : €16.90 €
Date of publication : April 2020

1rst Guide written in German to the BIKELINE collection of the publisher VERLAGESTERBAUER describing the 1290km of La Vélodyssée, from Brittany to the Basque Country :
-   Precise maps and detailed route descriptions 1:75.000
-   Numerous references to the cultural and tourist attractions
-   Extensive accommodation and services directory
An important characteristic of the bikeline cycling guides is the landscape format combined with the patented spiral binding system making it ideal for the handlebar bag.

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De Hendaya a Nantes, une guia cicloturista 🇪🇸

Publisher: Prames
Price: €15
Date of publication: 2015

This travel guide written in Spanish describes all the La Vélodyssée stages from the Spanish border (Hendaye) to Nantes.

- 40 detailed maps on a scale of 1/100 000,
- Descriptions of 21 stages
- Train+Bike information,
-Information on the accommodation and services available throughout the cycle route.

This richly illustrated guide offers 856 km of freedom along the Atlantic Coast, accessible to all.

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Le Guide du Routard - La Vélodyssée ® 🇫🇷

Publisher: Hachette
Price: €16
Date of publication: April 2021

Le Routard and La Vélodyssée® have joined together to bring you information about cycling tourism in a new series of travel guides written in French: Le Routard à vélo.

Organize your cycle tour simply and easily with this156-page travel guide including:
- lots of maps to help choose your itinerary and to avoid missing anything at any of the stages,
- practical and tourist information,
- tips and practical bike advice,
- Le Routard’s suggestions and good ideas,
- augmented edition with the Hachette Scan application,
- hundreds of addresses for accommodation, restaurants, bike rentals, bike transportation.

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La Côte Atlantique à vélo - De Nantes à Hendaye 🇫🇷

Publisher: Chamina
Price: €18,50
Date of publication: 2014

Guide book written in French.
A cycle tour for everyone with ocean and forest. Easy custom stages : daily trips, weekends, ... 860 km signposted and mostly secured routes. Official route + variants

- 144 pages detailled maps scaled 1/100 000, cities plans...
- Tours on the islands
- Useful adresses : tourist offices, bike rentals, accomodations...
- Suggested tours
- Illustred textes

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De Nantes à Royan à vélo - L'Atlantique en roue libre 🇫🇷

Publisher: Ouest-France
Price: €14,90
Date of publication: 2014

Guide book written in French.
600 km of coastal tracks, all signposted and traffic-free for safe cycling in the departments of Loire-Atlantique, Vendée, Deux-Sèvres and Charente-Maritime:
- 25 detailed itinerary maps;
- 11 flat cycling stages of between 30 and 50 km;
- 5 all-inclusive self-guided tours in the islands (Noirmoutier, Ré, Oléron), in the Marais Poitevin marshlands and in the Gironde Estuary;
- Practical advice, addresses of bike rental companies;
- 120 hotels, camp sites, self-catering gîtes and bed and breakfasts;
- The major sites and picturesque fishing harbours, detours, good ideas, the beaches and the best stopping off points…

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De Royan à Hendaye à vélo - L'Atlantique en roue libre 🇫🇷

Publisher: Ouest-France
Price: €14,90
Date of publication: 2014

Guide book written in French.
La Vélodyssée from the Gironde to the Basque Country, 400 km of safe, signposted coastline cycle routes:
- 30 detailed itinerary maps;
- 10 stages of 30 to 50 km + 3 getaway tours to Bordeaux, the River Garonne, the Nive and Adour Rivers;
- Practical advice, bike rental companies, tour operators, hotels, campsites, self-catering gîtes and bed and breakfasts;
- The major sites and picturesque fishing harbours, detours, good ideas, beaches and the best stopping off points…

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La Bretagne à vélo - De Roscoff ou Brest à Nantes 🇫🇷

Publisher: Chamina
Price: €15
Date of publication: May 2016

Guide book written in French.
From Roscoff to Nantes : 390 km of easy cycling routes along the Nantes-Brest Canal with its 238 locks + an alternative 110 km route from Brest to Carhaix.

- 96 pages packed with all the information you need to prepare and carry out your trip;
- 24 stages entirely signposted for bikes;
- IGN ordnance survey maps on a scale of 1 : 100 000 to help find your way easily;
- good places to go, accommodation, restaurants, bike repairers, Accueil Vélo services, ‘Bike+Train’ information.

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La Bretagne à vélo - Le canal de Nantes à Brest et La Vélodyssée 🇫🇷

Publisher: Ouest-France
Price: €14,20
Date of publication: 2013

Written in French, this cycle guide to the Nantes-Brest Canal offers you:
- More than 500 km of safe, signposted cycle routes;
- 36 detailed maps;
- All the practical advice and useful addresses you need to organise your trip;
- From Nantes to Landévennec via the Nantes-Brest Canal in 8 stages, following in the footsteps of the Dukes of Brittany. From Rosporden to Carhaix; and from Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Questembert on the former railway tracks; plus 3 circular routes so that you don’t miss out on anything along the way.

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You can also print out specific sections and stages of the tour routes.

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