EV3 - Saint-Jacques à vélo via Tours - Parc Honoré de Balzac - Tours, France
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N 47° 22.302 E 000° 42.571
31T E 327079 N 5249014
[FR] Panneau des itinéraires pédestres et cyclables du Parc Honoré de Balzac, à Tours. [EN] Panel of the pedestrian and cycle routes of the Honoré de Balzac Park, Tours.
Waymark Code: WM1545W
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 10/13/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
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[FR] Le parc Honoré de Balzac est dédié à l'écrivain né à Tours en 1799, et qui a marqué la Touraine. Le parc fut créé en 1970 sur l'île de la Prairie. C'est une île artificielle de 24 hectares au cœur du grand projet d'aménagement de la vallée du Cher menée de 19568 à 1971 par Jean Royer, alors député-maire de Tours.

Ce panneau est situé à l'entrée d'une passerelle menant à la rive gauche du Cher, et au quartier des Fontaines. Ce panneau propose une carte du parc Honoré de Balzac avec l'ensemble des parcours passant par l'Île. Dans le détail :

> Les itinéraires cyclables :
CFV - Départ du Cœur de France à Vélo : de Tours à Montluçon via le val de Cher et le canal de Berry (300 km) ; ici est le point de départ de cet itinéraire
EV6 - La Loire à Vélo : de Cuffy à Saint-Brévin-les-Pins (800 km), le long de la Loire, Patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco
EV3 - Saint-Jacques à vélo via Tours : la Scandibérique (Véloroute des Pèlerins), de Trondheim en Norvège à Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (5122 km)
V41 - Saint-Jacques à vélo via Chartres : de Rambouillet à Châtellerault (380 km), le Val de Loire entre Orléans et Tours.

> Les itinéraires pédestres :
GR 3 - La Loire sauvage à pied : itinéraire européen E3, du Mont-Gerbier-de-Jonc à La Baule (1243 km)
GR 46 - Des châteaux du Val de Loire aux bastides occitanes : de Tours à Toulouse par la vallée de l'Indre, la Creuse, la Dordogne, l'Aveyron (876 km)
GR 655 - Compostelle par Tours : itinéraire culturel européen de Bruxelles à Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (1461 km)
GR 41 - La vallée du Cher : Tours à Evaux-les-Bains dans le Cantal le long du Cher (486 km).

[EN] Honoré de Balzac Park is dedicated to the writer born in Tours in 1799, and who left his mark on Touraine. The park was created in 1970 on Prairie Island. It is an artificial island of 24 hectares in the heart of the major development project of the Cher valley led from 19568 to 1971 by Jean Royer, then deputy mayor of Tours.

This sign is located at the entrance of a footbridge leading to the left bank of the Cher, and to the Fontaines district. This panel offers a map of Honoré de Balzac park with all the routes passing through the Island. In details :

> Cycle routes:
CFV - Departure from the Heart of France by bike: from Tours to Montluçon via the Cher valley and the Berry canal (300 km); here is the starting point of this route
EV6 - The Loire by Bike: from Cuffy to Saint-Brévin-les-Pins (800 km), along the Loire, Unesco World Heritage
EV3 - Saint-Jacques by bike via Tours: the Scandibérique (Véloroute des Pèlerins), from Trondheim in Norway to Santiago de Compostela (5,122 km)
V41 - Saint-Jacques by bike via Chartres: from Rambouillet to Châtellerault (380 km), the Loire Valley between Orléans and Tours.

> Walking routes:
GR 3 - The wild Loire on foot: European route E3, from Mont-Gerbier-de-Jonc to La Baule (1243 km)
GR 46 - From the castles of the Loire Valley to the Occitan bastides: from Tours to Toulouse via the Indre valley, the Creuse, the Dordogne, the Aveyron (876 km)
GR 655 - Compostela via Tours: European cultural route from Brussels to Santiago de Compostela (1,461 km)
GR 41 - The Cher valley: Tours to Evaux-les-Bains in Cantal along the Cher (486 km).
Recommended number of days to complete: 180.00

Distance in miles or kilometres: 5122

Shelters?: Yes

Designated campsites?: No

Number of designated campsites: 0

Permit Required?: No

Coordinates of the other end's trailhead: Not Listed

Trail Website: Not listed

Best Season to Hike?: Not listed

Overnight parking fee: Not Listed

Permit Fees?: Not Listed

Overnight parking coordinates: Not Listed

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