Guide – Cycling and e – bike trips: Northern Alps | Glénat (French)
Trips by bike or electric – assisted bike to discover the heritage, natural and landscape riches of Haute – Savoie, Savoie and Isère!
Discovering a region by bike is more eco – responsible and fashionable than ever. And today with electric assistance, traveling by bicycle is offered to the greatest number whatever the profile of the terrain, even here in the Northern Alps where the slopes seem reserved for sporty cyclists. No need to be a seasoned and trained cyclist, thanks to the VAE, you can enjoy the places crossed in pleasure mode, listening and in contact with nature.
From Lake Geneva to Trièves, passing through the Mont – Blanc region, the lakes of Annecy and Bourget, the Beaufortain, Bauges, Chartreuse and Belledonne massifs, on historic paths in Glières or Vercors , at the bottom of the valley on the Alpine furrow or on the great spectacle routes in the Maurienne “the largest cycling area in the world”, the authors invite you to discover these exceptional territories.
• 10 routes from 2 to 6 days and their numerous variants.
• 36 to 38 days and 1,430 km of travel combined.
• A complete guide: detailed maps, altimetric profiles, precise descriptions, , tourist presentations during the journeys, accommodation…