How is the Escapades booklet constructed?
The booklet presents a step-by-step itinerary, which can be done in it whole or in sections, with the possibility of covering one or more steps at one's own pace depending on the distance and the level of the participants. It is mainly adapted to families but also to sportsmen and women equipped with mountain bikes, regular bikes or EVs.
The booklet contains a lot of informations: What to visit? Where to sleep? Where to eat? Where to taste the local specialities? A lot of practical information for supplies spot, rescue and relaxation... A good place is reserved for social contact and activities that can be done in addition to the day's stopover to discover as much as possible about the places to visit.
The route in a few figures
246 km in total length
3641m total elevation difference
18 hours by moutain bikeor regular bike
12 hours in EVs
2 departments crossed
The "must see " on the area to be discovered on the route:
The House of Negritude and Human Rights in Champagney,
St. Peter and Paul's church in Melisey,
La Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut by Le Corbusier in Ronchamp,
"The Escape route from the 1000 Ponds sectory." A loop of Little Finland from Faucogney,
The terraced gardens of Plombières-les-Bains,
The Géhard and Faymont Waterfalls in Val-D'Ajol,
The church Notre-Dame de Remiremont and its Romanesque crypt,
The Wood Museum in Saulxures-sur-Moselotte,
La Confiserie Bressaude (candy factory) in La Bresse,
The Theatre du Peuple (wooden theater) in Bussang,
The 1001 Roots Museum in Cornimont.
The booklet in french is downloadable here below.
