Visit cities in vendée

On an old calcareous island of the Gulf of Pictons, Maillezais and its area, are located in the Interregional Park of the Poitevin Marsh and constitute the Vendean part of Venice Verte.

The Poitevin Marsh opens with you... Permeate you magic of the landscapes... Scrap-metal in Venice Verte intersect dirt tracks and water ways...to practise in the boat, the canoe, with bicycle or foot.

Tourist places to visit: St-Pierre-the-old man: Romance vault of XIIe with Chalais Maillezais: parish church (XIIe century) With a grid: frontage and Romance gate of the Oulmes church: church (XIe-XIIe). Faymoreau: Guided tour of the mining village, mining cottages, the vault. Hiring of boats, canoes with guided walks with Maillezais.

90 km of arrow and maintained pedestrian hiking roads, 6 circuits marked out bicycles, a cycle track of 80 km

A commune with human dimension (population: 2.282 inhabitants) on a surface of 600 hectares grounds worked by agriculture and which go down nonchalamment to the littoral.

Saint Michel in Herm, old island of the gulf of Pictons, surrounded by rich grounds conquered on the sea during centuries, profits: - of a sunning comparable with that of the Riviera. - calms back country while being in the vicinity (6 kms) Vendean beaches. - of a remarkable historical past with in particular its royal abbey of which you will be able to see the Master furnace bridge out of polychrome marble in the current church - of dynamic community life and all the services of proximity - of an active craft industry and quality Its privileged geographical position adds to the charm and the quietude of life of Michel Saint in Herm by easily connecting it to the large axes of communication and the important cities like La Rochelle, the Rock on Yon, Sands of Olonnes in less than 40 mn.