The Tourist Offices offer you a selection of walking trails to discover the landscapes of the Vendée bocage: from the Vendée hills around Pouzauges, to the circuits around the lakes, along the Sèvre Nantaise and to the discovery of villages of character.
Top 6 of our hiking trails
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Trails of the vineyard huts - Sigournais
Do you know the Folle de Sigournais? this little dry white wine that makes your head spin... To find out more, take this 6 km circuit through the hills and vineyards, to discover the dry stone huts. To discover the town of Sigournais: its feudal castle, its wash house and its gardens...
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Chestnut circuit – St Michel Mont Mercure
An 8,5 km circuit on the heights of the Vendée (highest point) with many viewpoints over the Vendée bocage and the discovery of local species such as chestnut wood. Departing from the place of the Church of Saint Michel Mont Mercure, famous for its bell tower and the archangel who dominates it.
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Petit Lay – Mouchamps trail
Departing from Place Clemenceau in Mouchamps, a 11 km circuit, where you will follow the Petit Lay river and the freshness of its undergrowth to reach the Colombier; Last Resting Place by Georges Clémenceau.
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Around the Bultière lake – Chavagnes en Paillers
Departing from the Bultière nautical base in Petite Grassière, the tour of the lake in 13 km of trail also suitable for mountain biking, for even stronger sensations in the steepest passages!
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Grenon trail – Mortagne sur Sèvre
A beautiful spring hike on the edges of Sèvre – This 13 km loop combines a peaceful and preserved nature, the heritage and the hamlets specific to the edges of the Sevre Nantes. She takes the path of Clair de Jau, runs along the Sèvre Nantaise and its mills millennia, continues with the climb to the Château de Mortagne by the stone stairs, the magnificent La Cure terraced gardens whose Clissonnaise-style architecture overlooks the Sèvre valley.
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Circuit of Sèvre and Gaudon – Cugand
Departing from Parc du Gaumier in Cugand, a beautiful 10 km hike to discover the industrial past of the Sèvre Nantaise. Moulin à Foulon, Hucheloup site to the Doucinière viaduct. Via the black path, you will find the yellow markings in the village of Antières.