Between Vienne and Chinonais

Flora

Heritage and history

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Today, river traffic has been replaced by major highways, but Saint-Germain was once an important passageway. Not far from the confluence of the Loire and Vienne rivers (at Candes-Saint-Martin), the passage between Saint-Germain and Port-Guyot (on the right bank) enabled false sauniers to avoid strict surveillance. After crossing the Veronese bocage, they rejoined the Loire.

Description

Halfway up the slope, you pass deep excavations. The large blocks extracted were used to build the most noble residences.
You then return to the heights of Saint-Germain to pass La Trochoire and La Roncheraie, two hamlets in the commune of Couziers nestling at the bottom of a dry valley. La Trochoire is an old manor house once used for sericulture.
View of the Véron bocage and the Avoine nuclear complex.
Back in Falèche, head for the old Rassay windmill. From Haut-Rassay, you can see the overall silhouette of this cavier, which was in operation until 1945, but has lost its hucherolle and still preserves its massereau. From here, you reach the vineyards and farm of Château du Petit-Thouars.
Climbing up the hillside riddled with troglodytic cellars, we skirt the château grounds to see a cylindrical dovecote topped by a lantern at the summit, with the elegant lines of Château du Petit-Thouars in the background.

Departure : Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne's church
Arrival : Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne's church
Towns crossed : Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, Couziers, and Candes-Saint-Martin

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Information desks

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