Circuit du Canal
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Circuit du Canal

Trail characteristics
📏 Distance 10 km
📊 Difficulty Easy
🔄 Trail type Loop itinerary
🚶 Mode Walking

Go for a walk to discover the authentic landscapes of the Saône Valley. The Sentier du Réservoir des Pointes (Path of the Spikes Reservoir) takes you to the Port Royal, then through meadows and fields before finding the banks of the Saône and its avenue of hundred-year-old plane trees. You will pass at the foot of the water towers nicknamed by the people of Auxone "the salt and pepper shakers" for their atypical shape.

Go for a walk to discover the authentic landscapes of the Saône Valley. The Sentier du Réservoir des Pointes (Path of the Spikes Reservoir) takes you to the Port Royal, then through meadows and fields before finding the banks of the Saône and its avenue of hundred-year-old plane trees. You will pass at the foot of the water towers nicknamed by the people of Auxone "the salt and pepper shakers" for their atypical shape. On the Canal Path, built heritage, fauna and flora are mixed along the way. From the Louis XI castle to the lock, follow the course of the water to reach the agricultural and market gardening lands, emblematic heritage of the Saône Valley.