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Stroll by mountain bike in the Morvan around the lake of the Settons

The Settons Lake is a lake located in the Regional Park of Morvan, you can walk along its shores with your mountain bike or on foot.

The Settons Lake is located in the Park of Morvan. The Lake is the ideal place to walk around with your family and enjoy swimming and water sports on a beautiful summer day. The Lake and the restaurants can be very busy during the high season, but in September (the best period) attendance rapidly falls. There is no cycle path to make the tour of the Lake.

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Duration: 1 h.

Map and information

Map and information

The Lake

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The Lake

The dam of the Lake of the Settons

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The dam of the Lake of the Settons
The Settons lake is an artificial lake. The dam was built to allow floating of timber from the Morvan up to Paris.

The nautical base

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The nautical base
You can rent dinghies and catamarans to the nautical base. The Lake is huge and it is very nice to discover its shores from a boat. You can also rent mountain bikes.

A beach

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A beach
There are some beaches along the Lake for swimming. The place is very crowded in high season. People come to swim and picnic.

The undergrowth

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The undergrowth
A stream around the Lake.

The lake view

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The lake view
You can practice a lot of nautical activities (canoe, pedalo, sailing...)

Landscape of the morvan

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Landscape of the morvan
Start of the walk (Google Maps)

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