EV1 The Atlantic Coast Route

EuroVelo 1 (EV1), named the Atlantic Coast Route, is a 10,650 km (6,620 mi) long EuroVelo long-distance cycling route running from North Cape in Norway to Valença in Portugal. This north-south route runs (mostly) along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean of Western Europe and passes successively through nine countries: Norway, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Wales, England, France, Spain and Portugal.

EV1 The Atlantic Coast Route
Length10,650 km (6,620 mi)
DesignationEuropean Cyclists' Federation
TrailheadsNorth Cape, Norway to Valença, Portugal
Usecycling
Websitehttps://en.eurovelo.com/ev1
Trail map



Barents Sea
North Cape EuroVelo 7 EuroVelo#EuroVelo_11_–_East_Europe_Route
Tromsø
Norwegian
Sea
Vestvågøy
Trondheim EuroVelo 3
Bergen EuroVelo 12
Norway
United Kingdom
Aberdeen EuroVelo 12
Inverness EuroVelo 12
North Sea
Glasgow
Stranraer
Belfast
Derry
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Sligo
Galway EuroVelo 2
Limerick
Cork
Waterford
North Atlantic
Ocean
Rosslare
Republic of Ireland
United Kingdom
Fishguard
Newport
Bristol EuroVelo 2
Plymouth
English Channel
United Kingdom
France
Roscoff EuroVelo#EuroVelo_4_–_Central_Europe_Route
Nantes EuroVelo 6
La Rochelle
Bayonne
Hendaye
France
Spain
Irun
North Atlantic
Ocean
Pamplona EuroVelo 3
Valladolid
Huelva
Spain
Portugal
Faro
Sagres
Lisbon
Porto
Valença
Map of the EuroVelo 1 route.

Route

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In Norway

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

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

In the United Kingdom

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Aberdeen (EV12), Banff, Nairn (EV12), Glasgow, Ayr, Stranraer. Belfast, Craigavon, Derry.

In the Republic of Ireland

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Letterkenny, Galway (Dublin-Galway Greenway EV2), Limerick (Limerick Greenway), Cork, Waterford (Waterford Greenway), Rosslare.

In the United Kingdom

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Fishguard, Swansea, Newport, Bristol, Barnstaple, Plymouth. The EV1 follows the Devon Coast to Coast route (National Route 27) and the Tarka Trail.

In France

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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

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

In Portugal

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Faro, Sagres, Sines, Lisbon, Figueira da Foz, Porto, Viana do Castelo, Valença.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Velodyssey, the Atlantic cycling route". The Velodyssey. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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