fietslogies

Hi touring cyclists,

If you are thinking of touring in Belgium (Flanders) and you're crazy about quiet towpaths along waterways, canals and rivers, you should have a look at the 53 tours that I have composed.
The maps are very detailed, especially because of the fact that GoogleMaps and TeleAtlas only mention car roads. So, I've been drawing a lot of lines where from their point of view, there is nothing. But you may be sure (you have to believe me ;-) you will cycle peaceful and legal bicycle tracks.

Enjoy,
Fietslogies
Ghent - Belgium
https://www.bikely.com/listpaths/by/fietslogies

Some examples :

Ghent - Oudenaarde - Tournai - Condé-sur-l'Escaut (France) - Saint-Quentin (France)

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...ent-Oudenaarde

Gravelines (France) - Bergues (France) - Veurne - North Sea - Ostend - Bruges - Ghent

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...ldegem-Eeklo-G

Ghent - Dendermonde - Aalst - Ninove - Geraardsbergen - Lessines - Ath - Beloeil - Bernissart - Mons - La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège - Aachen (Germany)

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...gen-Lessines-A

Ghent - Terneuzen (Netherlands)

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...Axel-Terneuzen

Ghent - Dendermonde - Antwerp - Turnhout - Maastricht (Netherlands) - Liège

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...t-Dendermonde-

Ghent - Breskens (Netherlands)

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...reskens-Wester

Ghent - Aalst - Brussels (this is the only tour not along waterways !)

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...-Aalst-Brussel

Ghent - Bruges

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Ghent-Bruges

Ghent - Kortrijk - Warneton

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...einze-Kortrijk

Ghent - Antwerp - Kruiningen (Netherlands)

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...-Durme-Schelde

Leuven - Mechelen - Ghent

https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...rbeke-Evergem-

......

As kind of an extra : my Ghent cycling map showing 10 ways to conquer Gent :

https://maps.google.be/maps/ms?hl=nl&...20de5&z=8&om=1

cyclistjohn

Thanks for those, they should be handy for our Belgium trip next year.

We ride the towpaths in the UK, but some are very bumpy, so it will be nice to see how good the Belgian paths are :-)

Bacciagalupe

I have less experience than the OP, but... Most of the towpaths will be very high quality, everything in Flanders I rode was top-notch. Some of the paths in Wallonia got a little rougher -- short stretches of gravel and/or dirt along the Meuse, for example. Nothing a good touring bike can't handle.

FWIW the cycling maps you can get in Belgium / Flanders are awesome. I'd use the OP's stuff to plan your routes and the local maps when you're on the bike.

gerv 

Interesting! I followed the Ghent-Antwerp route with the hybrid map. You can even see some larger vessels in the canal. Vaart Linkeroever? Is that the route name? Left side?

cyclistjohn

Thanks for that. Reassuring that we don't need suspension as we'll be on folders!

raybo

Here is another link for Belgium, which identifies the Belgian tourist site Biking for Belgium page.

Ray