Arrivée à Forges-les-Eaux
J. Damase
Arrivée à Forges-les-eaux à vélo sur l'Avenue Verte London-Paris
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Forges-les-Eaux

Spa city

Forges-les-Eaux is classified among the "Most Beautiful Detours of France", its pretty villas and its seaside atmosphere will make it a pleasant cycling destination.

Since the XVIth century, Forges-les-Eaux became, thanks to its ferruginous springs, a famous thermal sation. The arrival of Louis XIII, Anne of Austria, Richelieu and the entire royal court in the 17th century made Forges les Eaux a fashionable destination for French and European royalty. From the 19th century onwards, the enthusiasm for sea baths and the establishment of a casino decided the tourist vocation of the city where it is said that Louis XIV was conceived in 1637....

 

"Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation" 

With two floors, this museum retraces the dark years of the Second World War in the Bray area with a multitude of period objects and documents (weapons and uniforms, aviation equipment, posters and the like). Numerous eyewitness accounts from resistance fighters and deportees.

 

Casino and ForgesSpa

The Domaine de Forges open its doors to a world of relaxation. Place your bets at the casino or enjoy the facilities at the ForgesSpa, and don’t forget that you can play a round of golf and make use of the many leisure opportunities for young and old alike. Hotels and restaurants also on site

 

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St-Germer-de-Fly / Forges-les-Eaux

5 St-Germer-de-Fly / Forges-les-Eaux

33 km
2 h 11 min
Leaving Saint-Germer-de-Fly, the greenway cross a superb region of hedged farmlands and apple-tree orchards making an exceptional rural landscape. This stage takes you into the Norman section of the historic Pays de Bray region . The track takes you as far as the old thermal town of Forges-les-Eaux and it’s casino.
This stage takes you into the Norman section of the historic Pays de Bray region. It was here on the former Dieppe to Paris railway line that the Avenue Verte London-Paris was born. Furthermore the places through which you pass still have reminders of their railway past with the houses of level crossing keepers, old railway stations now put to new uses, signs and marker posts…
Forges-les-Eaux / Dieppe

6 Forges-les-Eaux / Dieppe

56 km
3 h 43 min
This stage begins in the heart of the Bray area, veritable picture postcard Normandy with its cattle and its apple orchards. It was here on the former Dieppe to Paris railway line that the Avenue Verte London-Paris was born. Furthermore the places through which you pass still have reminders of their railway past with the houses of level crossing keepers, old railway stations now put to new uses, signs and marker posts… As the miles pass, you will sense the scent of sea air get stronger. And what a finishing line with the impressive white chalk cliffs of the Alabaster Coast!