Local charm with Best Western Hôtel de la Brèche

The Municipal Road of the 3rd Millennium opens its tree-lined and signposted arms to you. This green belt, born in 2000, surrounds Niort with more than 50 kilometres of communal paths marked out by more than 1300 trees. It is made up of nine itineraries of three to nine kilometres each. These pedestrian-cycling routes can be discovered in the middle of a landscape of plains, undergrowth and marshes. The bravest or most experienced cyclists can continue their adventure towards the ocean on other paths via the Marais Poitevin! This circuit groups together the 9 circuits of the Chemin communal du IIIè Millénaire. To close the loop, it remains to develop a path that crosses the marshes of Saint-Rémy and Bessines. The latter is currently still being finished and marked out. That's why you will find a "hole" on the route!

Line 24: from Niort, a town with a great heritage, or from Saint-Gelais, discover the north of the Niort - Marais Poitevin destination. In circulation from Monday to Saturday. Possibility of reservation for a guaranteed journey: reservation requests are taken into account, within the limits of available places, until 5pm the day before the journey (on Friday until 5pm for journeys on Saturdays and Mondays). Transport service offered by Tanlib. For more information: www.tanlib.com/

Near the outskirts of Niort, the towns of Vouillé and Aiffres, sometimes town, now village, are each crossed and drawn by the meanders of a river. The lambon and Guirande, tributaries of the Sevre river, have a diversity of landscapes whose color palette is composed of limestone plains, small wooded hillsides, isolated groves, fords, wheat fields ... Discover Aiffres and Vouillé, c is also its novel built heritage (church and cross hosannière), small castles nineteenth s, its rural architecture (old farms and stone walls) ... --- Instructions:. take the bike path to secure the release of Vouillé, along the D 174, after the first roundabout. Photo: "The Church of St. Peter of Aiffres" (town hall Aiffres, 2011).

Line 21: departing from Niort or Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud, visit the Marais Poitevin and all its atypical communes. Operates Monday to Saturday. Possibility of booking for a guaranteed trip: booking requests are taken into account, subject to availability, until 5pm the day before the trip (on Fridays until 5pm for trips on Saturdays and Mondays). Transport service provided by Tanlib. For more information: www.tanlib.com/

Line 22: from Niort or Coulon, visit the capital of the Marais Poitevin and the historic town of Niort with its majestic dungeon In circulation from Monday to Saturday. Possibility of reservation for a guaranteed journey: reservation requests are taken into account, within the limits of available places, until 5pm the day before the trip (on Friday until 5pm for trips on Saturdays and Mondays). Transport service offered by Tanlib. For more information: www.tanlib.com/

From Magné to the Sotterie lock, passing through the Marais-Pin lock and Coulon, discover the Marais Poitevin as you have never seen it before! On this easy canoe trip of about 2h30 on the Sèvre Niortaise, let yourself be guided by the peaceful river for a stroll along the water, rest and admire the fauna and flora. Pass through the Marais-Pin lock, an opportunity to see the hydraulic functioning of the lock and the sluices up close. Discover Coulon, the capital of the Green Venice, seen from the Sèvre. -> Itinerary not marked out. Some locks are remote controlled, you can get the remote control at the Tourist Office Niort - Marais Poitevin located at Port Boinot, 1 Rue de la Chamoiserie in Niort. The portage of the canoe is also possible.

Due East from Niort to Chef-Boutonne by joining the Park of Millevaches. More than 380 km of bicycle paths, including 80 km of open routes in Deux-Sèvres (31 km from Niort to Melle and 20 km from Melle to Chef-Boutonne). 300 km are planned up to the Vassivière lake, in Hautez-Vienne. Not to be missed during your journey Niort and its Donjon, Aiffres and its hosannière cross, Prahecq and its Saint-Maixent church, Celles-sur-Belle and its Royal Abbey, Melle and its Romanesque triad, Brioux-sur-Boutonne and its Saint-Jacques gate and finally Chef-Boutonne and its Javarzay castle-museum Safety instructions - We strongly advise you to wear a helmet. I drive on the right side of the road. I respect the rules of the road. I check the condition of my bike (brakes and lighting). I stay on the marked trails. I respect the marsh, a sensitive and classified site.

This trail is part of the Niort - Marais Poitevin Trail Station. From the station, you cross Niort and its vast Place de la Brèche, meet its dragons, admire its market hall and dungeon, then reach the Port Boinot visitor centre. This is where the route starts, then winds its way along the Sèvre Niortaise to Saint-Liguaire. You can run it, or take your time and enjoy the pleasant surroundings, just a stone's throw from the town center. This route is proposed by the Comité Régional de Randonnée Pédestre. Departing from a train station or TER bus stop, it allows you to join a walking or hiking itinerary and take a stroll in ecomobility!

This itinerary, entirely within the Parc Naturel Régional du Marais Poitevin, combines the discovery of the city of Niort (old quarters, Sèvre Niortaise river corridor), a landscape of meadows and marshes and the villages of Saint-Liguaire and Magné. Half of the route follows the GR36, followed by a PR loop known as "de Magné". An easy itinerary, but beware: some stretches are subject to flooding in the marshes. This route is proposed by the Comité Régional de Randonnée Pédestre. Departing from a station or TER bus stop, it enables you to join a walking or hiking itinerary, and to take an ecomobility trip!

Lines 21 and 22 (ex-Maraîchine line) are valid throughout the year and include 6 departures from Niort (6 during school holidays). They leave from the railway station, pass by the gardens of the Breach and the Atlantic Pole. The 21 then serves Bessines, Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan, Sansais, Amuré, Saint-Georges-de-Rex, Le Vanneau, Arçais and Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud. As for the 22nd, she drove to Sevreau, Magné and Coulon. Be careful to think for Saturday to book the day before 5pm, for 2 hours on 3. More info on www.tanlib.com

In the heart of Niort, opposite the Jardins de la Brèche, close to the TGV station, the Best Western "Hôtel de la Brèche" is a character establishment combining refinement and luxury services. Whether you are travelling for business or pleasure, alone, as a couple or with your family, rooms combining comfort and functionality are designed to meet the expectations of all clients. Receptionist 24/7.

Situated 200m from the SNCF train station our hotel is near to the town centre. The Moka Hotel has 33 renovated rooms. The rooms are all air-conditioned with showers, equipped with high-end bedding, pillows, duvets and mattresses. A flat screen TV and a courtesy tray is available as well as Wi-Fi. The hotel does not have a car park but it benefits from the proximity to the ‘Place de la Brèche’ underground car park. Meeting room and luggage storage available. La Rochelle (45min) and Futuroscope (55min). Buffet Breakfast served on the ground floor. Open all year, except from 21 December 2020 to 2 January 2021.

Hotel located in the city centre of Niort, close to the gardens of the Brèche, 800 m. from the SNCF train station, 5 mn by car from the access to the toll and 50 mn from La Rochelle. 44 air-conditioned rooms, bar, paid hotel garage (10 €/day) and covered public parking close to the hotel. Breakfast and unlimited wifi included in the rates. Partner restaurants in the street of the hotel, 2 mn walk: brasserie-pizzeria «Le Sorrento» and «Les Relais d'Alsace» (Alsatian specialities). Ideas for outings: historic center of Niort and its Coulée Verte, Marais Poitevin (walks in boat or canoe, by bike, horse or on foot), La Rochelle and the island of Ré, the Futuroscope, the Puy du Fou, Zoodyssée de Chizé and zoo of the Palmyra. Receptionist 24/7.

Enjoy an exceptional experience for one night or an extended stay in one of the guest rooms at the Hôtel particulier. Take advantage of this property and its exceptional setting right in the center of Niort, a 5-minute walk from the train station and pedestrian streets with their banks of Sevres. Let yourself be charmed by the warm, elegant decor of our "Belles Dames" and "Animaux fantastiques" rooms. During your stay, we'll serve you a breakfast featuring fresh, local quality produce. And why not extend the pleasure with a table d'hôtes in the house's vaulted cellar. The boudoir (hidden room) is a tea room by day with a roaring fire, and a bar reserved for guests in the early evening. French art de vivre par excellence! Bicycle parking is available in a closed shelter: the Vélo Francette stage is just 5 minutes away.

Looking for freshness, speed and good food? Come to Hypsoline Kitchen for Korean and Vietnamese cuisine with Asian remixes. Every dish is homemade. The street food menu changes weekly, but every day there's at least one complete vegan menu (starter, main course, dessert), as well as a typical Korean sandwich, the Banh Mi, in vegan or meat versions

Located in the heart of the historic center of Niort, close to the quays of the Sèvre and Port Boinot, the cultural center and the SNCF station, the Hotel Particulier "La Chamoiserie" welcomes you in a quiet and preserved environment. This former home from the beginning of the century offers a warm welcome with its 16 charming, comfortable rooms, decorated in a cosy-chic and sober family home style and its adorable city garden with its wooden terrace. The Hôtel Particulier "La Chamoiserie" combines the comfort and refinement of a hotel with the intimate atmosphere of a guest house. Possibility of room rental. Parking fee: 10 € per night and on reservation.

On the banks of the Sèvre, 200 m. from the market halls, close to Port Boinot, restaurants and the center, 1.3 km from the TGV station and 10 minutes from the Marais poitevin, you will enjoy the quiet, its continental breakfast with organic or gluten-free products. For a business or leisure stay, our private parking is free (subject to availability). We offer discounts for the activities of the Marais poitevin (boat, bike...).

Situated 300 m from Niort's main square, the Brit Hôtel du Parc offers a personalized 24-hour welcome (night watchman on duty), in a green setting right in the center of Niort. With free private parking under video surveillance, our establishment was completely renovated in 2010-2011 to offer you warm, modern comfort at reasonable prices. Breakfast will be served from 6:30 a.m., with a hearty buffet including crisp pastries and real orange juice. Several restaurants close to the hotel offer a variety of culinary delights. Disabled guests are welcome, and pets are accepted free of charge.

Tables, toilets and water points in the gardens of La Brèche in downtown Niort.

This 19th century Byzantine Romanesque Revival church, partly financed by the Emperor Napoleon III and signed by Pierre-Théophile Segrétain, the first departmental architect of the Deux-Sèvres, bears the patronym of the evangelizer of Poitou, First bishop of Poitiers in the 4th century, Doctor of the Church who gave his name to 85 French communes including Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud (Marais Poitevin). A large statue of the saint is represented on the facade, whose general shape resembles that of Notre-Dame la Grande de Poitiers. He is supervised by St Ambrose, Doctor of the Latin Church, and St Athanasius, Doctor of the Greek Church, both contemporaries of the bishop. Saint Hilary makes the sign of blessing with his right hand, holds in the left hand the Book of the Trinity and throws a monster.

A portal which is the only vestige of the old hotel of La Marcadière whose entrance was magnified by its triumphal arch architecture.

A master chocolatier, artisan of the Angelique. Discover our two stores: Niort centre and Forum de la Mude, avenue de La Rochelle, in Bessines, opposite Jardiland. We offer you our home-made specialties: angelica, liquicrocs, great vintages and the new 2018: cocoa cocktails.

Re-employed above a street store of the same name, this stone sign seeming to date from the eighteenth century is certainly that of the former inn Sainte-Marthe. She represents the patron saint of hoteliers sitting next to Mary holding the child Jesus. In the Bible, Martha receives Jesus into her home in Bethany, near Jerusalem. The two characters who frame them are, on the left, Saint Peter who carries the keys and, on the right, Saint James the Major, protector of the pilgrims, recognizable by his long stick named bumblebee and his calebasse in the shape of a pear, dried squash and hollowed out serving as a gourde. The scene is blessed by the Holy Spirit symbolized by the dove placed above them. This bas-relief, restored by the association of the Friends of Old Niort, still retains some traces of polychromy because, originally, it was painted in order to be seen from afar.

This former boilermaker, built in 1840, at the corner of Rue Saint-Jean and Rue du Petit-Banc, has kept a Virgin and Child in a niche with neo-Gothic dais and sculpted by Crèchois Jean-Baptiste Baujault, author also of the «Jeune Gaulois criant Au Gui l'An neuf» whose plaster is today at the Bernard d'Agesci Museum in Niort and the marble in the central gallery of the Orsay Museum since 1979. Placed at a crossroads, the Virgin of the house provides protection to the pilgrim who signs before her. She recalls that the Compostellan road follows the route of the Milky Way, a maternal and Marian symbol. Marie is serious. Her hair is braided in the medieval way. The folds of the coat and the dress are of great regularity. Jesus, a smiling little adult sitting on his mother’s left palm, carries a globe.

The Pavillon Grappelli was designed by architect Georges Lasseron between 11890 and 1892. The same architect who designed the bains douches, the Bernard d'Agesci museum and the famous La Ménagère store on rue Victor Hugo. Since March 2016, the building has become a 100 m2 digital art space, while preserving its ancient heritage.

Raised from 1530 to 1535 by the master mason Mathurin Berthomé on the foundations of a building of the fourteenth century, this "fortress of communal freedoms" is the former City Hall of Niort from the Middle Ages to the Revolution. It has this name to remind us that the mayor once had the right to bring justice. As such, two iron necklaces, fixed in the wall of the building, allowed to "pillage" the offender carrying a sign on his neck on which was mentioned his crime. A lapidary and numismatic museum from 1887 to 1987, the Historical Monument is today the "Visual Arts Space" (place of temporary exhibitions on contemporary works). Artists are present from Tuesday to Saturday from 13.00 to 19.30 (entrance is free).

The Center of Contemporary Photographic Art was established in 2013 in Villa Pérochon, the family home of writer Ernest Pérochon, 1st Goncourt Prize of Deux-Sèvres. It is one of the 6 French photographic art centers designated by the Ministry of Culture in 2011 and the only one in the Great West, from Bordeaux to Nantes and from La Rochelle to Limoges. Its artistic direction is entrusted to "For Now", organizer of the "Encounters of young international photography", key of the annual program of the recognized association of general interest in 2007. The CACP is composed of a garden, a gallery of 120 m2 offering 100 m. linear hanging (permanent place of creation and exhibition) and a residence of artists. "Heritage Ribbon" in 2015 and "contemporary art centre of national interest" in 2018.

Bar-brasserie located place de la Brèche. Possibility to consume many cocktails, large choice of teas, beers, pancakes, burgers and salads. Terrace in the beautiful season.

Your gourmet specialist in Niort. Sale and advice in teas and spices. A unique rendezvous to discover the green tea with angelica, apple and honey. Tasting room "Gourmet tea". Cellar to eat. Custom gourmet gifts. Lunch break, choice of salads, sandwiches and soups. More news on the Facebook page: l'Epicerie à Niort. Open all year, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 9:30 am to 7 pm, except from April 29 to May 3 and from August 7 to 22 inclusive. Gourmet Angélique tea offered to the Ambassador valid once a year + a second time accompanied by a full price purchase of a gourmet tea | Discount of 10% on the purchases of the Grocery store to the holders of the card from 30 euros of purchases (valid once) on simple presentation of the Ambassador Card 79.

"Au Bureau" is a typical pub-brasserie where you will find the specialties of the Pub. The restaurant welcomes you 7 days a week, throughout the day: lunch, aperitif, dinner and evening! The property is open from Sunday to Thursday, from 11am to 11pm and on Friday and Saturday, from 11am to midnight. Theme parties, concerts, live sports, happy hour... Something "Au Bureau" always happens!

Between the Breche and the Dungeon, on the Place du Temple, our creperie, saladerie, tea room welcomes you in a friendly space and a patio away from the noise. Come discover our buckwheat pancakes, our pancakes, our ice creams and our tea menu. It is possible to privatize our restaurant for your private parties, cocktails, birthdays, business meetings, working breakfasts, snacks, family and business evenings. Open all year, from 11:30 to 17:30, in continuous service.

Here you enter a monument! It is the motto of the place that is displayed! A unique and very personal identity claimed! A wonderful mix between the Irish pub with all the joviality and delusions we imagine and the establishment well of us, in the extreme downtown, a non-stop kitchen, for all faims: burgers, croque-monsieur or maxi entrecôte et salade gourmande au foie gras, tartare de boeuf, pizzas, tapas or plancha de cochonnailles. At the time of tea time, a very large tea card or why not an irish coffee. 45 special beers or an amazing whiskey card before or after the movie or as a group of buddies to follow an exciting game on the giant screen in VIP square for your corporate events. This is certainly the rendezvous of all generations!

This is Niort’s Irish ad. In a design and retro decoration, we like to dance on the runway among the gothic columns. It lets you live all the biggest sporting events. Theme parties or students organised from Thursday to Saturday. After-work from Monday to Friday, from 5pm to 8pm. All pints are at 5 €.

In the heart of Niort, opposite the Jardins de la Brèche, close to the TGV station, the Best Western "Hôtel de la Brèche" is a character establishment combining refinement and luxury services. Whether you are travelling for business or pleasure, alone, as a couple or with your family, rooms combining comfort and functionality are designed to meet the expectations of all clients. Receptionist 24/7.

In the heart of the pedestrian city center, close to restaurants, shops and covered public parking of large capacity 200 m. from the hotel and at preferential rate. Completely renovated hotel with an interior courtyard.