we have mixed emotions about our cycling experience in france. strasbourg for example has a great infrastructure, you always have a lane for you or at least one with the cars. the traffic in the UNESCO-zone is very calme, it’s mostly car free.
from strasbourg to nancy we took a cycling path along the marne au rhin canal, which was very well developed. a big part of it led through the vallée des écluses, very very beautiful.
the rest of the french cities we visited were ok to cycle, like in germany. we would say: at least they tried.
the rest of the journey through france we cycled along the moselle. quite easy to do and nice but not very interesting. there is a lot of abandoned industry, because they used to use the river for transportation.