This stage crosses the heart of the muscadet vineyard, a dry white wine appellation grown on the hillsides bordering the Loire between Ancenis and Nantes. Several wine estates offer tours and tastings directly accessible from the greenway.
Mauves-sur-Loire and Thouaré-sur-Loire, quiet riverside villages, mark the last stretches before entering the Nantes conurbation, where the path gradually turns more urban.
Arriving in Nantes, a major western metropolis, marks an important crossroads on the route: this is also where La Vélodyssée and the Canal de Nantes à Brest cross La Loire à Vélo, offering plenty of options for combining several routes for cyclists after a longer trip.
Indicative distance for this stretch.