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Protecting, saving and regaining the quality of the environment is one of the most significant collective challenges facing us today. Ille-et-Vilaine enjoys a wide range of outstanding flora and fauna which has to be preserved. Its ?natural areas?, interpretive trails and cycle tracks all deserve to be protected and enhanced.

Feel like a walk? In Ille-et-Vilaine, there are 5,200 km of footpaths branching off in every direction. The coastal footpath once used by excisemen runs along a distance of 150 km.

Ille-et-Vilaine has 3,700 km of bridlepaths open to riders. There are several equestrian routes classified as being of particular local interest e.g. :

• Equibreizh, a regional route that covers approximately 700 km from the Brocéliande area to the Emerald Coast via the Vitré area.

• the Three Forests route (Rennes, Liffré and Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier)

• the Trans (major routes running through Ille-et-Vilaine).

To allow people to visit Ille-et-Vilaine naturally, at their own speed by bike, the Conseil général has already laid out 170 km of cycle tracks along disused railways or along the banks of the Ille-et-Rance Canal. Over the next few years, 700 additional kilometres of cycle track are planned, on small country roads with very little traffic.

• Walking in Ille-et-Vilaine :

Comité départemental de la randonnée pédestre d'Ille-et-Vilaine
Maison départementale des sports
13b, avenue de Cucillé
35065 Rennes Cedex
Tel:  (+33) (0) 299 54 67 61
Website :  www.rando35.com

• Riding in Ille-et-Vilaine :

Association des amis du cheval d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Tel:  (+33) (0) 299 85 66 21 or website :  www.aaciv.com
Comité régional de tourisme équestre de Bretagne. Website : www.equibreizh.com
Idées de randonnées équestres en Bretagne. Website :  www.equiouest.com

• Cycling :

Comité départemental de cyclotourisme d'Ille-et-Vilaine
Maison des sports
16b avenue de Cucillé
 35065 Rennes Cedex
 Tel:  (+33) (0) 299 54 67 54
Website : www.ffct-codep35.org

• For further information about the ?natural areas?, cycle tracks, route suggestions and interpretive trails in  Ille-et-Vilaine : Our publications