Exiting Germany in Aachen, the Pilgrims Route leads you to the city of Liège, passing through the symbolic place of the "Three Borders" between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
After around 10km, you reach the RAVeL 38, where you discover the groves of the Land of Herve, a green and luminous landscape. While leaving the city of Liège, you can follow the RAVeL of the Meuse and then of the Sambre rivers. This itinerary gives you an overview of the large historic heritage linked to the river and the post-industrial age of the two valleys, and of the cultural diversity of Wallonia in cities like Namur and Charleroi.
Download here the full GPS tracks of EuroVelo 3 - Pilgrims Route in Belgium and start planning your next cycling holidays!
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Maritime Heritage / The Rhine / The Meuse
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Find more information about the EuroVelo 3, 4, 5, 12 & 19 on the website www.eurovelobelgium.be. On each route, there is a description of the road, the level of difficulty, the number of kilometers, etc. It is also possible to download GPS data and to find out more point of interest of the road.
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Choose from a host of itineraries, accommodations and events specially designed for lovers of both cycling and mountain biking. Get yourself into gear and see for yourself… The RAVeL cycling network comprises more than 1,350km of disused rail track, byway and canal towpath made up of 45 amazing cycling routes. Wallonia also has a number of cycle routes linked to each other by intersections, known locally as ‘Points-noeuds’.
After several trips on EuroVelo routes over the last few years, Silvia Julian Gonzalez considers herself to be something of a EuroVelo collector. She spent the last summer on a fantastic adventure, travelling from Finland to Bretagne. Read her story from a summer full of memories.
Fabian Küster, ECF Advocacy and EU Affairs Director, took a long break last year to rest, disconnect and reconnect. With free time ahead and such a purpose in mind, Fabian planned a one-month long-distance cycle adventure all the way to Tromsø in the Arctic Circle to check “cycling under the midnig…
The benefits of cycling for our physical health are well known. But did you know that cycling can bring much more to your general wellbeing?
There is a vast cycle network in Belgium and this charming little country alone has no fewer than five EuroVelo routes! Three of them are in Wallonia (EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route, EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea (Francigena) and EuroVelo 19 – Meuse Cycle Route) and they are part of the RAVeL network.
New cycling infrastructure is flourishing in Wallonia and is helping to improve the section of EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route in the region. On the 27th April 2019, the sun was out for the inauguration of three new sections of Line 38 on the RAVeL network, a network of environmentally friendly routes …
Discover the EuroVelo network and regional long-distance routes, and get some practical tips for cycling in Belgium.
EuroVelo 3 Aachen-Paris ADFC Cycling Guide.
This cycling guide describes the section of the EuroVelo cycle route in Belgium and in France up to Paris (556 km). The perfect tool before and during your journey: precise and informative maps, 1:75,000 scale, elevation and distance profiles, GPS tracks, accommodation and service directory. Can be used even without any knowledge of German. English translations of the map legend and the user manual of the guide available at esterbauer.com/international.
One of the most beautiful cycling routes to Santiago de Compostela. Discover the banks of the Sambre, the Oise, the Loing, Senlis, Paris, Blois, the castles of the Loire... This cycling guide allows you to follow the route from Belgium to the Loire: - 800 km of easy route accessible to all - 39 stages - official route (or variants) entirely marked by bike - good addresses, accommodation, services, train+bike information - everything you need to know to discover and visit
This 208-page roadbook is available in bookshops and presents the EuroVelo 3 route from Charleroi in Belgium to Paris, an extraordinary cycle route covering more than 700 km of cycle paths, most of which are greenways. On the menu are mainly bucolic routes, always delicious and steeped in history... everything you need to enjoy yourself!
Every year, the Wallonia Civil Service edits a general map of the RAVeL and cycling routes within Wallonia and a detailed map on the 1:100,000 scale for each province: Walloon Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur.
In the region of Wallonia, Belgium, the "Bienvenue Vélo" label offers a list of accommodations, restaurants, tourist organizations, tourist attractions and museums, producers and artisans - all suitable for cyclists.
