Discover the belmont region

By traversing the old town of Beaumont on the Sarthe, you discover the church whose Romance door was moved for the enlarging of this one, the markets which are still used for the markets, the presbytery which belonged to the Dukes of Alençon, the feudal mound, the Romance bridge dominated by the vestiges of the keep. You will be able to slacken after this ballade in the gardens of the town hall. After a gastronomical pause (rillettes, pot Sarthe-native... are advised to you), go to Vivoin to visit the priory and his museum of the life of formerly evoking the Sarthe-native traditions and the culture of hemp.

After having discovered the museum of Vivoin, you will be to try to find the traces of the culture of hemp through the countryside belmontaise. On the basis of Beaumont, take the direction of Ségrie to discover a furnace with restored hemp there where the owners will be happy to explain you the drying of hemp, then continue while skirting some fields of hemp which push May at September then go until Assé Riboul. You will meet another furnace with hemp and you will go along a river which was certainly used for steeping of hemp. While arriving at Saint Marceau, push the door of the priory and his vault. This site shelters some fabrics of a local artist having represented the culture and the work of hemp. Continue by wood to return in Vivoin while skirting the Sarthe.