Discovering château d'olonne

Castle of yesterday and today: the centre town To borrow the path of the ditches and discover the residence of the fenestreau, its porch of the 16th century, the church built on an old feudal mound.

Between nature and history: the cornice To visit the Midsummer's Day abbey of orbestier, the vestiges of the locks with fish, its impressive fault of the well of hell and the village of the pironnière.

Small rural inheritance and traditional caps To discover with the turning of the country lanes the small inheritance castelolonnais, Midsummer's Day mill, well, and the traditional caps of the Vendée of gazeau Madam.

Discovered fauna and flora of the littoral Ludic and teaching walk on the rocks. Discovered in family of the fauna and the flora of the shore. Reservation with the office of tourism

Paintings Exhibition Permanent exhibitions are organized to the gallery of the office of tourism. the visitors assess the quality of exposed works, paintings, sculptures and all other forms of expression. the artists contribute to the success of the gallery

Le Tanchet Length of the course 6,8 km Duration: 2 H Difficulties: none Interests: la Porcherie and Fenestreau The departure of the circuit is made with the round not water. Skirt the brook between perception and the primary school. While arriving on the small place, slip by towards the park presenting itself opposite to join the street Jouvet. To the stop, turn right and skirt the street of the oak grove. Pass in front of the cross of the jubilee, established at the end of the mission of 1925 (we ask you not to enter the deprived way on your line). Then, you will be able to observe the Pigsty, old smallholding of Fenestreau, historical residence of the lords of Olonnes. In the enclosure of this residence you will be able to see a oak of approximately 300 years. The porch, magestueux, date of XVIème and the Home of XVIIIème. At the end of the road, take on your line and press the way bituminized on 300 meters then turn right and follow the line of oaks to join the dirt track in direction of the Small Catches. To the bituminized crossroads of Joséphine, turn on the left and at once on the left in direction of the Parks. Leave the Small Park and the Large Park, go always straight to the farm of Large Furetière. Turn left on the bituminized road and take again the first way on the left. Vis-a-vis the farm of Essarts, take on the left in direction of the rest area. With the crossroads, take the direction of the SPA on your line. Continue straight and join the way of the Pigsty which you already borrowed. You will join the starting point thus.

Le Coudriou Length of the course: 5.6 km Duration: approximately 2 H Difficulties: none Interests: bocage landscapes The starting point is at the entry of the circuit of karting. Take the direction of the Motor bike Cross-country race and leave the track of model aircraft making on your left. To the intersection, turn left in direction of the majestic vault of oaks bicentenaries. Take the way being offered to you opposite and leave the private way of Combe on your line. After having traversed 200 meters under the vault of oaks, turn left. To the following goose leg, skirt wood on your left. Take the direction of the farm of Pre, where a splendid maritime pine is held. After having passed the circuit of karting, turn left to join the starting point

Le Moulin Saint-Jean Length of the course: 5,8 km or 11 km Difficulties: none. Duration: approximately 2 H with 3h Interests: bocage landscape, Mill of Jean Saint, Mill of the Rochais Well, Abbey Saint Jean d' Orbestier... Departure: carpark of the street of the moors. Take the way to join the street Joseph Pelletier on your left. Turn the second on the right and cross D949. Slip by on the way during 800 m and turn left to the intersection. After 1500 m, slip by in direction of D949 and leave the way on your line which leads to the industrial park. Find the street of Touvent. The ruins of the mill of the Rochais well are in the vicinity at the end of the dead end. Then, turn right, skirt the camp-site and turn left in the way. To shorten your course you can join the street of the Retz old women while remaining on this way, then to turn right and on the left to at once join the carpark of the street of the Moors. If you wish to continue the outer loop, after 150 m, take the sunken lane which is presented on your line. Skirt the ground of the aerodrome and turn left. Join the camp-site of Beautiful Air. To the intersection, go straight in direction of Bilière. To the stop, turn left and go approximately 500 m. Turn right on the level of post office EDF. You can make a small turning to admire the mill of Jean Saint to 300 Mr. Go to the Valleys and turn right on the level of the second way. At the end of this dirt track, turn left and 500 m then on the right. Twice join the locality of Brandais while turning on the left. You will thus find the tarred way. To the stop, turn on the right and at once to on the left find the carpark of the street of the moors.

Saint Jean d'Orbestier Abbey Length of the course: 3, 5 km Duration: approximately 30mn Difficulties: none Interests: The Abbey Saint Jean d' Orbestier, firm of Beautiful Air and the sight on the littoral in several places. Departure with the carpark of the abbey. Take the direction of the abbey on your left. Royal abbey Saint Jean d' Orbestier, "Orbis terminus" Abbey of the end of the world. Founded in XIIème century by Guillaume IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Count de Poitou. Today restored, vis-a-vis the ocean, the Abbey church Bénédictine Saint Jean d' Orbestier remains one of the major witnesses of the Romance style in the Vendée... Turn then left and engage in the dirt track. Go to farm of Beautiful Air on your left. Then, leave the way of the aerodrome on your line and slip by until the residential field of the Gardens of the Castle of Olonne. With the intersection, take on the left in direction of the camp-site of Pirons by finding the street of Marchais. Please take again on the left and skirt the street of the Holy Stronghold Jean. Turn right in the way which will bring you to the way of Boussais. Join by your left the starting carpark.