Routes

3Cs Cycling Route’s Goal

The 3Cs – Cycling, Campus & City Program will facilitate travel between Cities and Campuses through more sustainable means of transport and promoting the health and well-being of the universities community.

The central scope of this working group under the Erasmus + programme is to promote sustainability through sport and ecological mobility and identify, promote, improve, and enhance an active and green mobility. Bicycle, whether electric or conventional, will be used as the main means of transport, and cycle paths will be identified and promoted, primarily to, from and within the university campus and the city. Other forms of healthy and active mobility will also be explored in this project such as walking. Overall, it aims to identify good practices, collect data from the pilot group of participants by using a tool produced by the project and through two studies (habits and behaviours and best routes), collect practical and educational content, promote sustainable travel habits, change behaviours for greater local and European impact and raise awareness of the importance of contributing to a greener world through sport and use of sustainable means of transport.

The “3Cs – Cycling, Campus & City” project is funded by the European Union.


Total bicycle distance: 688 km
Total up gain: 7,786 m
Total train distance: 1,346 km
Days: 15


A sustainable route connecting the 4 Campi

This route (in test mode) will connect the 4 campi of the Project’s partners:

  • Universidade de Coimbra
  • Universidad Camilo Jose Cel, Centro de Ensenanza Universitaria Sek Saucjc (Madrid)
  • Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3
  • Universita Degli Studi di Torino

Criteria used for planning the routes

  • Only sustainable transportation is used, such as walking, cycling, train, and ferry.
  • Destination spots with available amenities, including food, camping, and accommodation.
  • Route profile for easy ride (not superman/woman).
  • Stages from 35 to 70 km long.
  • Avoid gravel and busy roads as much as possible.

Guide to the 3Cs Route

Everything you need to know to ride safely and make the most of your two-wheeled adventures.