Category: active travel

Prana Convertible Pants Review

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Convertible Pants Are Perfect for Active Travel Autumn is just around the corner, and that means cool mornings and warm afternoons. That also means you’ll need a different wardrobe in the afternoon than you do in the morning. You’ll probably want to start your day with long sleeved shirts and full length pants to beat …

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A Guide to The Moselle River Trail

A Bike Trail With Many Names First of all, so that you don’t get confused on your Moselle River Bike Trail tour, this famous European bike path has many different names. As far as signage goes, the first one on the following list is by far the most common. But you will also see it …

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Fun Cities Along Moselle River Trail

view of the Mosel River Trail from the imperial palace of cochem

Metz, France Starts the Moselle River Trail With so many incredible towns and cities located in Moselle River Valley, it’s hard to decide where to start. Metz is a great place to start your trail adventure on the Moselle River, so let’s take a closer look at it. I already covered some of Metz in …

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Moselle River Trail: Metz to Perl

Chemin de la Moselle – The Moselle Trail or Moselle Path I enjoyed yesterday’s bike ride on the Moselle River Path (It has many different names, and I’ll use them all. 🙂 First order of business is to announce that the bike path between Mez and Thionville has been completed and is open for business. …

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Moselle River Trail: Metz to Thionville

trail sign to help people on trail tours.

Veloroute Charles le Temerarire This portion of the Moselle River Trail is known locally as the Veloroute Charles le Temerarire or the Charles Temaraire Bicycle Path. It is named after Duke Charles the Bold. I studied the history of Charles le Temeraire in hopes that he was some glorious French leader worthy of having a …

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Bike Paths in Metz, France

canal trail in Metz, france

Metz Bike Rental Program If you are visiting Metz, France, there’s a good chance you don’t have a bicycle. Well you’re in luck. There’s a bikeshare program in Metz called VeloMet that allows you to rent a bicycle for the extremely reasonable rate of €3 per day or €8 per week. The VeloMet “office” is …

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