I did not take this picture from the sky (stole it from a webiste called l'internaute), but it gives you a good idea of what the medieval city looks like.
To go there from le Croisic, I decided to ride among the salted marshes, which ended up not being such a great idea since it was a long, narrow road with no shoulder and cars going at 90km/h, which would be aroung 70mph I guess, and not really willing to make a effort for the idiot riding her bike. I feared for my life.
Anyway, once out of there, after a climb quite painfull about an hour and a half or so into the ride and in the heat, I made it to Guérande, famous for the salted butter caramels (there are still a few left in the gear room btw).
And here I come to one of the gates. It kind of reminds me of Beaune because of the walls going all around, and the more recent city built around these walls, but the architecture inside the medieval city is totally different, and the rocks used are different too, it's like chuncks of granite.
So here are a few pictures I took there.
After my little tour, I snuck out through a back road,
got out through another gate
last little hill... It doesn't show but I took a picture of this church to have a pretext to stop catch my breath and wipe my sweat...
And then I rode down following a bike only path. Haaa much more relaxing. They made it on an abandonned railroad.
There were a few unexpected hills at the end, but it was all pretty.
I did not take this picture from the sky (stole it from a webiste called l'internaute), but it gives you a good idea of what the medieval city looks like.
To go there from le Croisic, I decided to ride among the salted marshes, which ended up not being such a great idea since it was a long, narrow road with no shoulder and cars going at 90km/h, which would be aroung 70mph I guess, and not really willing to make a effort for the idiot riding her bike. I feared for my life.
Anyway, once out of there, after a climb quite painfull about an hour and a half or so into the ride and in the heat, I made it to Guérande, famous for the salted butter caramels (there are still a few left in the gear room btw).
And here I come to one of the gates. It kind of reminds me of Beaune because of the walls going all around, and the more recent city built around these walls, but the architecture inside the medieval city is totally different, and the rocks used are different too, it's like chuncks of granite.
So here are a few pictures I took there.
After my little tour, I snuck out through a back road,
got out through another gate
last little hill... It doesn't show but I took a picture of this church to have a pretext to stop catch my breath and wipe my sweat...
And then I rode down following a bike only path. Haaa much more relaxing. They made it on an abandonned railroad.
There were a few unexpected hills at the end, but it was all pretty.
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