MTG1 11 Tour in Ardeche Tournon Privas Vallon Pont d Arc Saint Martin d Ardeche
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Last edit: 20-08-2025
Route Summary You ride over beautiful passes, past rugged rocks, through beautiful green nature, along rivers and through beautiful villages.
For this reason, and because of the spectacular Pont d'Arc, this route is worth 5 stars.
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8h 53m
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Car or motorcycle
Distance
174.46 km
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RouteXpert Review Bert Loorbach, the author, is an avid motorcyclist himself and lived in France for a year and a half. During that time, he dedicated himself to mapping France's lesser-known and beautiful back roads specifically for motorcyclists.
Hotels, campsites, sights, parking lots and restaurants are included as POIs.
The stage starts in Tournon on the Rhône and ends in Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche.
The first part of the journey to Lamastre on the D534 is a series of bends through a hilly landscape with forests and orchards.
From Lamastre we take the D2 which runs over the Col de Montreynaud to Vernoux-en-Vivarais and then to Ollières-sur-Eyrieux. This winding road is a real treat for motorcyclists and the centre of the tyres will not wear out a millimetre.
The next stage leads over the Col du Moulin à Vent to Privas, another circuit of twists and turns. Just before Privas, you'll have a magnificent view of the town and the Arc Bridge. Privas is a good place to take a break; it's one of the larger towns in the Ardèche and has several restaurants and cafés.
From Privas, we take the D7, a road with wonderful bends and a few hairpin bends through a very rugged landscape, to Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, one of the Ardèche's tourist attractions, where we stop for lunch and a visit to the town.
After lunch, we drive along a beautiful road to our final destination, Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche. This final stage takes us through the Gorges de l'Ardèche, a true highlight. The road winds southeast alongside the Ardèche River, sometimes close to the water and sometimes high above it, with the occasional hairpin bend. Along the way, there are several places where you can stop to enjoy the view and take a photo. One of these is the Pont d'Arc.
Just before your final destination, you can visit the Madeleine Caverns, these caves are among the most beautiful in France, with grandiose cave formations in surprising shapes and colors.
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I have taken over the routes in MRA and sometimes adjusted them slightly to make them even more interesting for the motorcyclist.
The routes have been carefully created by Bert Loorbach, who is an enthusiastic motorcyclist himself. He lived in France for a year and a half, during which time he devoted himself to mapping the unknown and beautiful back roads of France especially for motorcyclists.
The routes are bundled in the Motortourgids France part 1 of Kosmos publishing house and now also available in MyRouteApp.
I have taken over the routes in MRA and sometimes adjusted them slightly to make them even more interesting for the motorcyclist.
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This collection of 24 routes comes from Motortourgids France part 2. In this collection, a difference has been made between approach routes and motorcycle tours in a certain area. The approach routes can also be used in combination with the routes from Motortourgids France part 1
The routes are sometimes slightly adjusted based on the tips that Bert Loorbach gives in his description, or because of another place to spend the night, or to reach the minimum length of 2 hours for the MRA Library. For each route, the review contains a more detailed description, including options to stay overnight or places of interest along the way, which are also indicated with a POI and if possible with a short description.
Two or more routes have been created for a number of areas, such as for Burgundy, Auvergne, The Alps, Tarn and Cévennes and Nord-Pas de Calais. These routes can be nicely combined in a multi-day trip.
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