Bike tour "the Loop of the Loir"

Depart from the town of Seiches-sur-le-Loir, latitude 47.5791900 (N 47° 34’ 45”), longitude -0.3520800 (W 0° 21’ 7”)

• Departure: Cuttlefish on the Loir

• To the right of Saint Aubin church: take the 1st street on the right. Go past the Priory and head towards Montreuil-sur-Loir. Cross the Loir.
• Leave the D74 turning right after the quarries direction Petit Pont. A few hundred meters away is the Chapel of Matheflon, Notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelles. And here is Montreuil.

• Montreuil sur Loir

• Go past the Saint Aubin church and turn right, rue de Seiches-Tiercé. Then again on the right direction Etriché.
• Leave the D74 to take the D89 that you leave soon turning right at a place called Moulin de Vaux to enter the wood where the path parallel to the D89 awaits you.
• Attention! It's a dirt road!

• Turn right and take a tarmac path down to the Loir. On your left, the Saulières. On the right goes the Loir and at the bottom you see the castle of the Besnerie. The road passes in front of the Port of the island. In the past, a ferry took you from the shore to Bruneau Island. - After the port of the island go in the orchard of Coué. Then cross the D68. Pass the entrance to the castle Besnerie, head to the Place Marcé. - Turn right and follow the property of the castle. - Go straight: already you see the bell tower of the Church of Baracé and the center Perce-Neige.
• Baracé

• Go on the D68 towards Baracé. Enter the village, go to the church and turn right towards the Loir. Continue your walk until Calvary and turn left towards Old Town.
• Before, take the time to go straight (dead end) to enjoy the view of the mill of Prignes.
• After the break, continue your journey and continue to the signpost: Petit Clos and Rougellière where you turn right. Shortly after you go to the left and you leave once again the paved road. But this dirt road is easy and soon you will be on the paved road towards Huillé.
• After the dirt road you pass in the hamlets of Ruaudière, from Pinsardière to Bassetais.

• Huille

• During the rainy season join Huillé by the D68 (tarmac!). Otherwise, in Bassetais, leave the paved road and sink into the undergrowth to the left of the transformer. There begins a dirt road that overlooks the Loir Valley and leads you straight to Huillé. On this road, at random clearings you see on the opposite side the village of Bourgneuf and Chapel Saint Laud, the meander of the Loir with the old dam of the Moulin Neuf. Discover also, at the foot of the village of Lézigné, the Mill of Ignerelle surperbement restored. At the pleasure of your walk you will pass in the vineyard of Huillé especially known for its white wines.

• Direction Lézigné

• As soon as the first houses of the village appear you take the road on the left to reach the street Sainte Catherine where you will be able to admire a splendid wash-house formerly called the Fontaine de Huillé.
• After this stop, continue by making a detour through the church.
• Turn right towards Lézigné on the D135.
• And as if to go, cross the Loir. Leave the D135 and go to rue du Vivier.
• Continue until the Guitière, then turn right towards the Mill and left the paved road. You arrive at Les Vergers du Loir and on a dirt road. In the distance stands the chateau de Brignac, one of the last neo-Gothic castles built by the architect Hodé.
• Go straight and turn right towards Prignes. Attention, a beautiful coast is offered to you. It passes in front of the Orchards of Beauvallon. Leave on your right the forest of Boudré and turn left.
• Ride a few moments and stop: look!
• On the right is the Notre Dame de la Garde Chapel (1495), a wash house restored in 1993 located on the Ponceau stream, on the left the Orchard Castle (1499) and its estate, and further to your right the Convent.
• The road will then take you to Matheflon. Enter the village by the first street on the right, past the Chapel, which you saw in the distance at the beginning of your walk, and go up to the foot of the building: the panorama is a feast for the eyes... Your path will continue straight along the Loir and that we see from time to time, and will end the Town Hall Square, built in 1862 on the foundations of the old Priory.