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Become a partnerForty-five kilometres from Chanaz to Les Marches via the Lac du Bourget and Chambéry — with a gap in the chain the official site owns up to: between Chanaz and Aix-les-Bains you take the train or the boat.

The V63, waymarked under the La Belle Via brand (V62/V63 signs), crosses Savoie over '45 km', from Chanaz to Les Marches, at 'level: easy (green)'. The official route: 'The V63, a long-distance touring itinerary, leaves the ViaRhôna at Chanaz, where you reach Aix-les-Bains by boat or train (Vions station), then follow the Lac du Bourget by the lakeside path, the Mottets leisure base and Le Bourget-du-Lac. From there you reach the Lac des Marches and the Isère via Chambéry.'
The thing to know before loading the panniers is written plainly by Savoie Mont Blanc: 'The northern section, between Chanaz and Aix-les-Bains, is done by public transport, via the train from Culoz or by boat from the port of Chanaz.' So it is not a continuous cycle route across its 45 km — and the boat link is a paid service, with compulsory booking through the Compagnie des Bateaux. Further south the route uses genuine greenways: the Avenue Verte Nord along the lake, then the Leysse greenway towards Chambéry. At Montmélian it joins the V62, La Belle Via's Annecy – Albertville branch.
On the season, the same publisher contradicts itself: the V63 listing says 'All year round. Depending on weather conditions.', its own stage listings 'From 15/03 to 15/11, subject to snow and favourable weather'. We quote both. Access to the route is free — only the boat crossing from Chanaz is charged.
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No, and the official site says so: 'The northern section, between Chanaz and Aix-les-Bains, is done by public transport, via the train from Culoz or by boat from the port of Chanaz.' You have to plan for that link — the boat is charged and booking is compulsory (Compagnie des Bateaux, +33 4 79 63 45 00).
The official pages disagree. The V63 listing says 'All year round, depending on weather conditions'; the same publisher's stage listings say 'From 15/03 to 15/11'. We quote both without settling it.
The official listings state 'Animals not accepted'. One of them gives the reason: the dog 'will often have to be kept on a lead and must be carried on the sections of route shared with motor traffic', and 'dogs may be forbidden on certain departmental cycle paths or greenways'.
We do not assert it. Cœur de Savoie writes that 'cycle routes are open to pedestrians and all soft modes of transport (longboard, scooters, pushchairs, roller skis...)', but that sentence covers cycle routes in general, not a named Savoie section — and it holds neither for the shared-road stretches nor for the train-and-boat link.
Place Antoine Gianetto in Chanaz, where the V63 leaves the ViaRhôna. The 'V63 en Savoie' listing separately mentions a start from Chambéry: both official gateways coexist.
Parking: Parking (location and price unpublished); start at place Antoine Gianetto, Chanaz.
Access: Free access (Chanaz – Aix-les-Bains boat link charged).
Best time: All year per the V63 listing; 15 March to 15 November per the stage listings.
Multi-source verification at publication. Information may change — confirm with the official operator before travelling.