EV1 The Atlantic Coast Route

Map of the EuroVelo 1 route.

EuroVelo 1 (EV1), named the Atlantic Coast Route, is a 8,186 km (5,087 mi) long EuroVelo long-distance cycling route running from North Cape in Norway to Sagres in Portugal. This north-south route runs (mostly) along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean of Western Europe and passes successively through six countries: Norway, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal.

Route

In Norway

North Cape (EV7, EV11), Tromsø, Vestvågøy, Bodø, Trondheim (EV3), Alesund, Bergen (EV12).

Note that since 2008, ferry services no longer operate Bergen in Norway and the Scottish city of Aberdeen. This can be done by air, however.

In Scotland

Aberdeen (EV12), Inverness (EV12), Glasgow, Stranraer.

In Ireland

Belfast, Galway (EV2), Limerick, Cork, Waterford, Rosslare.

In Wales

Fishguard, Cardiff

In England

In England, the EV1 follows the Devon Coast to Coast route (National Route 27) and the Tarka Trail.

Bristol (EV2), Plymouth.

In France

In France, the EV1 is marketed as the Vélodyssée.^[1] With a length of 1,210 km (750 mi) the EV1 connects Roscoff to Hendaye all along the Atlantic Coast. In Brittany, the EV1 largely follows the voie verte (greenway) along the Nantes-Brest canal, while in Aquitaine it follows the greenway along the coast of the Landes forest.

Roscoff (EV4), Nantes (EV6), La Rochelle, Arcachon, Hendaye.

In Spain

Pamplona (EV3), Burgos (EV3), Salamanca, Merida, Huelva.

In Portugal

Faro, Sagres.

Gallery

The EV1 running alongside a tourist railway, Pointe de Grave, France.  The EV1 in the coastal pine forest in Médoc connecting the seaside resorts of Carcans and Lacanau.  The EV1 follows the Nantes-Brest canal, Glomel, Brittany.

See also

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• EuroVelo
• Norwegian National Cycle Routes
• National Cycle Network

References

External links

• Official website
• Velodyssey, the Atlantic cycling route