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Le guide des randonnées et le plan sont téléchargeables en pdf sur le site de l'Office de Tourisme des Sables d'Olonne. www.lessablesdolonne-tourisme.com

Curiosities... •Menhir of "la Crulière" (classified historic building) also called "The Rock of the Devil" (viewpoint) 3- •Vineyard “AOC Fiefs Vendéens Brem” (wine cellars opened to the public).

•Romanesque Church of "Notre-Dame" (classified historic building, 12th century),poitevin style portal, with low-reliefs •The "Croisée Mairand" (a site of the Wars of Vendée)

Curiosities... •Romanesque Church of "Notre-Dame" (classified historic building, 12th century),poitevin style portal, with low-reliefs •The "Croisée Mairand" (a site of the Wars of Vendée) •Banks of "le Jaunay" (picnic areas) •Bridge of « La Chaize » •On both sides of “Le Jaunay”

Curiosities... •The Washtub of «L’Aiguillon sur Vie » •Church of "Notre Dame", entirely restored (19th century) •Picturesque areas : fountain and communal washtub, "travail à boeufs" •Lake of "le Jaunay" (pedestrian path around the lake, 40 ha of natural spaces, picnic areas) •Public Golf of "les Fontenelles" (18 hole course, practice area, restaurant).

Curiosities... •Church of "Notre Dame" (14th and 20th century) and its stained glass windows •Old fairground (alignment of granite stones) •Lake of the "Gué Gorand" (4 km walk around the lake, picnic areas)

Curiosities ... •The Washtub of «L’Aiguillon sur Vie » •Church of "Notre Dame", entirely restored (19th century) •Picturesque areas : fountain and communal washtub, "travail à boeufs" •Lake of "le Jaunay" (pedestrian path around the lake, 40 ha of natural spaces, picnic areas) •Public Golf of "les Fontenelles" (18 hole course, practice area, restaurant).

Curiosities... •Church of "Notre Dame" (14th and 20th century) and its stained glass windows •Old fairground (alignment of granite stones) •Lake of the "Gué Gorand" (4 km walk around the lake, picnic areas) •"Jardin des Olfacties" (a two-hour visit through a botanical garden of 5 ha with 3 500 varieties of fragrant plants). •Castle of l’Audardière

What is a toy library? Are you aged between 0 and 126? Then this is the place for you! Looking for books? You've come to the wrong place... ... At the toy library, we play! Early-learning toys, dinettes, cars, construction and over 1,300 board games! On-site play is free, without registration, for everyone, young and old! Because playing isn't just for children, a wide selection of board games has been carefully chosen to ensure that teenagers and adults alike have a place in the toy library. Games on site Free of charge and open to all, take advantage of all the games and toys on offer. Lending games You can borrow games from the toy library. The list of games in the toy library is online on the La Tranche sur mer town hall website, so take a look! You don't need to create an account. To search for a game, click on "filter" on the right of the page. Our motto? Get you playing, discover our favourites and new releases! Laughter, sharing, tricks, bluffing, disguises and encounters are all part of the game. Even non-gamers will find a game to enjoy, and will want to come back and play! Find out more about our events here: https://www.latranchesurmer.fr/ludotheque-lilot-jeux-2/ - Opening times and days During school term : Tuesday, Friday: 4.30pm to 6pm; Wednesday: 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm; Saturday: 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm During school holidays (Zone B): Tuesday and Wednesday: 10.00am to 12.00pm and 3.00pm to 6.00pm; Thursday: 3pm to 6pm and 8pm to 10.30pm; Friday: 3pm to 6pm; Saturday: 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm. During the summer: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 10.00am to 12.30pm and 3.00pm to 6.00pm; Tuesday: from 3pm to 6pm; Thursday: 3pm to 6pm and 8pm to 10.30pm; Saturday: 10am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 5pm.

New (2016) detached house, situated in a development. Ground floor: living/dining room/kitchen, shower room, wc, 4 bedrooms (2 beds 90 bunk beds) (2 beds 90) (1 bed 140) (1 bed 140), shower room/wc, linen room. Enclosed landscaped garden of 100 m² to the rear, terrace (garden furniture, plancha). Available: bicycles for children and adults + 1 children's trailer. Bakery and newsagent's 100 m away. Tourist tax payable locally.

Peace and quiet in 3 hectares of maritime pines and holm oaks, close to the town centre, the beach and the forest. Bare pitches, mobile homes and chalets for hire. At 200m, entertainment, markets, free bus (July and August). Le clos des Ecureuils: welcomes groups of up to 48 people in mobile homes. Open from 1 April to 30 September, the campsite is ideally situated on the edge of a pine forest, close to the beach and shops.

Peace and quiet in 3 hectares of maritime pines and holm oaks, close to the town centre, the beach and the forest. Bare pitches, mobile homes and chalets for hire. At 200m, entertainment, markets, free bus (July and August). Le clos des Ecureuils: welcomes groups of up to 48 people in mobile homes. Open from 1 April to 30 September, the campsite is ideally situated on the edge of a pine forest and close to the beach and shops.

The residence has a private outdoor swimming pool (heated in season) with a large sun terrace overlooking the sea. The residence offers accommodation ranging from 2-room studios for 2 people to 2-room cabins for 6 people, some with sea views.

Contemporary house in a seaside resort, located in a residential park (Parc Clemenceau), 100 m from the beach. Ground floor: living room, kitchen (freezer compartment), bathroom, wc, 2 bedrooms (1 double bed, 1 single bed). Garden level: 1 bedroom (1 double bed (120), 1 single bed (90)) accessible from the outside or via a steep staircase from the inside. Baby bath available. Wifi internet access. Garden level: 500 m² enclosed garden with terrace (garden furniture). Seasonal shops 1 km away. Cycle path 50 m away: End-of-stay cleaning: €80/stay; Sheet hire for 1 or 2 people: €12/stay; In addition: Tourist tax. Oil-fired central heating: 90€/week: to be paid to the owner.

Come and enjoy an exceptional holiday in this village club with its friendly, dynamic atmosphere. During the school holidays (July/August and Easter), there's plenty of entertainment for all the family, including sports activities, children's clubs and evening events. Benefit from all the services you need on site (bar, restaurant, mini-market, launderette, bike hire, Wi-Fi, etc.).

Les Jonquilles is a family-run business, with mobile homes specially designed for families. There's plenty of entertainment in July and August, and a comprehensive infrastructure to liven up your afternoons and evenings. There's a sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, fitness room, multi-sports pitch and much more. Children will love the children's club and its activity leader, while teenagers can try their hand at a variety of games with an activity leader. The campsite is set back from the road and is guarded at night, so safety and calm are paramount.

dreaming of it? it's possible at Les Préveils... put your bags down and relax. Les Préveils is a 4-star campsite located in La Tranche sur Mer, 150 m from the beach with direct access through a pine forest. Our quality standards have led us year after year to constantly improve our establishment in terms of comfort and to offer you all the services you need on site. The rental park is made up of mobile homes, chalets, ecolodges and recent flats. In July and August our entertainment team invites you to a variety of daytime activities: Dances, mini-club for children aged 6 to 12, physical and sports activities, step, dance... As for the festive evenings, you'll be in the heart of a large auditorium equipped with a stage where cabarets, café-théâtre and musicals will be performed with top-quality performers, sets and costumes. At Les Préveils, good humour and togetherness are part of our way of life! Tourism & Handicap accredited.

These locks constitute a remarkable hydraulic junction. It is the point of convergence of the main rivers of the Marais Poitevin where Deux-Sèvres, Charente-Maritime and Vendée meet. Several locks form this exceptional and ingenious hydraulic junction allowing the management of water in the Marais. You will find in Bazoin the only pier allowing to make the junction between the Charente-Maritime and the wet marsh (Venise Verte).

This small town with its many footbridges crossing the narrow conches of the Marais Poitevin, is a former fishing village, now a charming town, alive all year round. It is the ideal place for nature activities, and is the starting point for many hiking trails and boat trips. It is also possible to go for a ride in a horse-drawn carriage or on horseback. The flat terrain is ideal for bike rides and you will enjoy riding along the typical houses of the Marais Poitevin along the Sèvre river. It is also the only place in the Marais that offers cruises on a restaurant boat. While passing through Damvix, don't forget to stroll on its port and to make a detour by its church Saint-Guy.

We are a family farm in the heart of the Marais Poitevin. We have various activities: Livestock 350 goats, cheese, cereal crops and rearing suckler cows limousines bio. We invite you every Tuesday and Friday from 17h to 19h, to visit the farm and see the cheese. We will offer you to taste cheese and watch the milking takes place at 18pm. We are also present on the markets of Niort (Saturday), from Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud (Sunday) of Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan (Tuesday) and Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon (1 and 3rd Wednesday of the month).

Situated between Arçais and Damvix on the navigable network of the Sèvre Niortaise river, the Bourdettes includes a lock (1862-1872) and a drawbridge with cables (rebuilt in 2003) to allow for road traffic by joining the D 102 to the D 104, and river traffic for the passage of maintenance barges to Marans or to Niort.

Character honeys collected locally by our bees on the flowers of the Poitevin marsh. Glass hive and exhibition at the farm, come and discover the life of these bees in the lock house of Bourdettes. Tasting at the farm.

It is a natural space of 8 ha, in the heart of the wild marsh, in which are presented more than 70 species of birds of the Marais Poitevin and the domestic animals created in the Poitou. In order to recognize them, information panels and initiation modules to ornithology are at your disposal along the discovery path. You can also learn to recognize the trees and wild plants of the wet marsh. At the end of the visit, a film will make you fly over the landscapes of the Marais Poitevin and you will discover in their intimacy the birds of this region. A labyrinth awaits you, punctuated with educational panels on migration.

The pollard ash has been present en masse in the Marais Poitevin since the 19th century. At that time, great works of draining the wet marsh were undertaken. The ash tree was preferred to many other tree species because it has the advantage of being very tolerant to water, it allows to consolidate the banks, to heat the habitats, and to serve as a refuge for many animal species. Keep your eyes open during your walks, you will find them lined up along the conches, offering magnificent photographic shots.

Stretching forward from the Broue d'Arçais, the two village-streets are at the beginning of the eighteenth century qualified as considerable by Claude Masse, ordinary engineer and geographer of the king, thus signalling an important river trade. Their houses have a double exposure: on the river leading to the marsh and to the cultivated fields. The name of the River, an amphibious district, is linked to its membership in the world of water. As for Monfaucon, an islet inhabited since the Celtic era (the discovery of bronze axes), is in the Middle Ages the seat of the seigneurry of the canons of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand de Poitiers. Its main artery is the Rue de la Venise Verte and the pier of Montfaucon corresponds to the former communal port partially built during the Grand Travaux du Marais poitevin. The village still retains a small rural heritage (bread oven, ponne, ferry tail...).

Monfaucon, an island inhabited since Celtic times (bronze axes have been found), was in the Middle Ages the seat of the lordship of the canons of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand de Poitiers. Its main street is the rue de la Venise Verte and the pier of Montfaucon corresponds to the old communal harbor partly developed during the Great Works of the Marais Poitevin. The village still has a small rural heritage (bread oven, ponne, boulite, ferry tail...).

Located in the heart of the Marais sauvage, emblematic landscape of the Venise Verte, St-Hilaire-La-Palud gives you access to more than 100 km of waterways and white paths. From the Latin palus meaning marsh, the Paludens maintain the know-how and traditions through the numerous summer animations provided by volunteers. The villages of La Rivière and Montfaucon bear witness to the flourishing river trade of the early 18th century. The hamlets of Névoire keep the memory of the brick and tile making activity, once very present. The bird park of the Marais Poitevin is now the spearhead of a tourism respectful of nature and men.

In the centre of La Tranche sur Mer, l'Étage welcomes you to share its wood-fired grills.

We will take you on a journey to the Orient with our flavours and smells. We hope you will feel as if you were in a little corner of Asia... on the sea.

Wine and beer cellar, fine wines and spirits, gift ideas. Wine and special beers bar, Tapas and artisanal charcuterie. Aperitif concerts only in July and August. Open from mid-February to the end of October and during the Christmas holidays. Closed all day on Mondays until the end of May, and every day from June to August.

In an elegant and refined setting, Hervé and Olivier welcome you with a smile and simplicity to share a delicious moment together.

Near the beaches, take the time to enjoy a crêpe at La Rose des Vents.

Italian cuisine, salads, antipasti, pizzas, pastas, risottos, meat, veal escalope, rib steak, homemade tiramisu.

Traditional cuisine with a focus on fish and seafood. The menu also includes salads and grilled meats, all at reasonable prices. Open all year round, 7 days a week. Various indoor and outdoor areas. Selected by the Guide du Routard, Lonely Planet, Le Petit Futé...

Laotian and Thai restaurant

Mountain specialities, raclettes, fondues, pierrade, salads, burgers.

Groups welcome. Open January-February and April-November. Closed on Thursdays

Your holidays close to the beaches, family campsite in a natural and protected environment, mobile home rental, camping pitches for tents, caravans, motor homes, heated swimming pool, convertible, pets allowed.

Your holidays close to the beaches, family campsite in a natural and protected environment, mobile home rental, camping pitches for tents, caravans, motor homes, heated swimming pool, convertible, pets welcome.

Take advantage of the aquatic area, indoor swimming pool and many other facilities. Playgrounds and multi-sports ground, tennis, free of charge. Entertainment and children's club in July and August.

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LA TERRIERE - A beautiful house for 6 people, in a forest of pine in la Terrière, and situated only 10 minutes from a sandy beach in la Terrière or le Phare, and 15 minutes from the town centre of la Tranche sur mer. It is composed of a large living room with an equipped kitchen, a double bedroom and 2 bedrooms with 2 single beds. Bathroom. Separate WC. Terrace. Laundry. Enclosed garden. A parking place.

Heated swimming pool and private 30m² garden with 2 bedrooms, shower room, wc, fitted kitchen area, garden furniture, 2 parking spaces.

A 51m² flat on the 1st floor (no lift), in a condominium, located in the Domaine de la Savinière (completion June 2021), in the Quartier de la Terrière. It comprises a fully-equipped kitchen (dishwasher, oven, microwave, fridge/freezer) opening onto a 21m² lounge/living room, a first bedroom with a double bed (140cm), a second bedroom known as the "cabin" comprising two single beds (80cm) that can be folded out to make a full-size double bed (160cm). A large shower room with shower cubicle, washing machine, washbasin and separate WC. Outside, a 15 m² balcony with garden furniture. The estate includes a communal swimming pool, open from mid-June 2022. Also at your disposal: a storage area for surfboards/bikes and 2 parking spaces in a private car park. This flat has 2 Clévacances labels. Pets are not allowed in the accommodation. End-of-stay cleaning is the responsibility of the tenants. Additional services on reservation: hire of sheets and towels, cleaning, wifi box (€40/week), baby equipment, end-of-stay cleaning (€75 - subject to availability).

The owners welcome you and monitor your stay. Very comfortable, nice living space for two.