Calais to the Riviera by the Ardeche and the Route Napoleon

Main roads

From the map

Longest gap between fuel

29 miles

Fuel stations near the line

212

Curvature

132 ° a mile

Campsites within 2 km

239

• The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 671 to mile 700. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
• The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 680 to mile 700, at 427 degrees of turning a mile.
• Passes: Col de la Croix de l'Arbre (1,004 m, mile 530), Col de la Chavade (1,266 m, mile 573), Col des Tempêtes (1,829 m, mile 685), Col des Lèques (1,148 m, mile 811), Col de Luens (1,054 m, mile 822), Col de Valferrière (1,169 m, mile 834).
• Countries: France.
• 67 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.
• More routes from this port.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

• The road over the summit of Mont Ventoux closes in winter. Check before you go.
• The Ardeche gorge road is narrow and busy in summer, with tight bends and steep drops.
• The line keeps off motorways and toll roads by design.

On the way

1. Calais
2. Abbeville
3. Beauvais
4. Gisors
5. Dreux
6. Chartres
7. Gien
8. Sancerre
9. Nevers
10. Moulins
11. Vichy
12. Thiers
13. Ambert
14. Le Puy-en-Velay
15. Aubenas
16. Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
17. Pont-Saint-Esprit
18. Vaison-la-Romaine
19. Mont Ventoux
20. Sault
21. Forcalquier
22. Sisteron
23. Digne-les-Bains
24. Castellane
25. Grasse
26. Nice

Split it into days

Pick the miles you like to ride in a day. Each day ends at the named place on the route nearest that distance, and you get a GPX file for each day.

This is your pace, not our estimate of how long the riding takes. Day lengths vary because each day ends at a named place.