Through valleys and plateaux -Hike nr. 2
Pouzay
Through valleys and plateaux -Hike nr. 2
Medium
Difficulty3h15
Duration12,7km
Distance+103m
Positive Elevation-103m
Negative ElevationLoop
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Description
- The route begins and ends at the beach, with its playground and picnic tables, and guinguette in summer.
- After crossing the Vienne river, you leave the town via rue des Basses Terres and discover several houses on the banks of the Vienne.
- As you walk along the banks of the Vienne, you'll come across two ponds where you can see horses in a park.
- You now take the towpath along the Vienne and its wooded vegetation, where you can see boats, a reminder of the days when there were professional fishermen.
- Leaving the banks of the Vienne, you walk along the Allais residential park.
- Take advantage of this climb to look back over the river. Along the way, you'll come across a fuie (small dovecote).
- Before crossing the hamlet of Beauvais, you'll find on your left a magnificent view of the Château de la Rolandière and the surrounding countryside. As you turn around, you can admire the Vienne valley.
- Now enjoy a pleasant walk along the Bois Brulé.
- A lone tree attracts curiosity by its appearance and the fact that hundreds of butterflies have made it their home.
- Vineyard lodge
- The path continues with woodland on one side and a view of scattered vines, overgrown fields and isolated trees on the other.
- As you return to the village and the Vienne river, you can admire the surrounding countryside and lovely views as far as the Haute Rue farm.
- After crossing through a residential area, past the calvary, you enter the center of Pouzay.
- Here you can discover the Notre-Dame church. Rebuilt in the 19th century, its square bell tower with geminated bays dates back to the 12th century. It is topped by a 15th-century hexagonal stone spire.
- Departure : Plage de Marnaize
- Arrival : Plage de Marnaize
- Towns crossed : Pouzay, Trogues, Saint-Épain, and Noyant-de-Touraine
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Information desks
77 Av. du Général de Gaulle, 37800 Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine
1 Rue Rabelais,, 37500 Chinon
Place du Marché, 37120 Richelieu
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