03. 590 France (1/3)
Bretagne
03. 590 France (1/3)
Medium
0h
402,1km
+6520m
-6523m
Multi-day trek
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Around 590, Colomban and his Irish monks arrived on the continent via the west coast and penetrated inland to the east as far as the foot of the Vosges Mountains where they settled for about twenty years. Their exact route is not known except for a few places listed in Colomban's biography written in 640. The proposed itinerary follows this general direction, passing through the cultural and historical highlights of this northern part of France.
18 steps
Description
This crossing of France is fairly straightforward, in the image of Colomban, who sought to withdraw quickly as a hermit as far inland as possible.
The first part (1/3) consists of 18 stages averaging 24km per day:
- Saint-Malo - Saint-Coulomb
- Saint-Coulomb - le Vivier-sur-Mer
- Le Vivier-sur-Mer - Mont-St-Michel
- Le Mont-St-Michel - Avranches
- Avranches - Petit Celland
- Petit Celland - St Pois
- St Pois - Vire
- Vire-Vassy
- Vassy - Pont d'Ouilly
- Ouilly Bridge - Falaise
- Cliff - St Pierre-sur-Dives
- St Pierre-sur-Dives - Lisieux
- Lisieux - Cormeilles
- Cormeilles - Pont-Audemer
- Pont-Audemer - Our Lady of Gravenchon
- Notre Dame de Gravenchon - St Wandrille
- St Wandrille - Duclair
- Duclair - Rouen
- Departure : 35400 Saint-Malo
- Arrival : 76000 Rouen
- Towns crossed : Bretagne and Normandie
Altimetric profile
Access and parking
A major port, Saint-Malo is the point of arrival for many public transport services (bus, train or ferry for those crossing the Channel).
Rouen is a major city, accessible by bus and train.
Rouen is a major city, accessible by bus and train.
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