Explore Le givre, Vendée: hidden gems revealed

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... •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... •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 ... •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

Comedy in two acts by Jean-Christophe BARC. "A stir in the presbytery: an ex-convict and a mayor plot behind the priest's back to save their village. A "Don Camillo" on the high plateaus of the Jura!" Free admission. Prices: €9 for over 15s/€5 for 11 to 15s/free for under 11s. No refunds. Advance payment: bookings via Helloasso or by telephone on Mondays/Thursdays from 6pm to 8pm and Saturdays from 10am to 1pm from 8 December.

Gite converted in 2017 in a renovated former farmhouse, located in the countryside on a working farm. Ground floor: living room/lounge/kitchen, wc, 1 bedroom with shower room (1 bed 160 separable into 2 beds of 80). First floor: 1 bedroom with shower room (1 double bed), 2 bedrooms (1 double bed), 1 bedroom (2 single beds), bathroom (shower, bath), wc. Facilities for 2 babies free of charge. 4G, Fibre/Wifi. Private enclosed landscaped grounds of 500 m², terrace (garden furniture, barbecue, sun loungers, table tennis). O'Gliss Park 2 km, O' Fun Park 4 km, Parc des aventuriers 5 km. Options : End-of-stay cleaning: €110/stay; Sheet hire for 1 person: €10/stay or 2 persons: €11/stay; Bathroom linen hire: €8/stay/person. Additional charges: Local tax, electric heating: general meter reading (less 20 kWh per day for current consumption): to be paid on site.

Semi-detached house with one storey and a garden, located in the market town of Moutiers les Mauxfaits, 100 metres from the Halles, shops and restaurants. House with living room/kitchen/1 bedroom (bed 140)/1 separate WC on the ground floor. Upstairs: bedroom with double bed (140cm) and cot, shower room. Enclosed garden with swings, sandpit, outdoor games (garden shed), large barbecue and deckchairs. Heating included in the price. Optional extras: End-of-stay cleaning: €60/stay; Sheet hire for 2 people: €10/stay; Bathroom linen hire: €8/stay. Tourist tax extra.

Gîte adjoining an outbuilding, renovated in 2021 and sleeps 4. On the ground floor, you will find a lounge/living room/kitchen, 2 bedrooms (1 x 140cm bed) (1 x 140cm bed), 1 shower room and 1 WC. A mezzanine with sloping ceilings (1.80 m at its highest point) can be used as a relaxation area. There is a 900m² fully enclosed outdoor area with terrace (garden furniture, barbecue, deckchairs). Private parking on the property. Occasional access by the owners to the vegetable garden. Heating included. Optional: End-of-stay cleaning: €60/stay; Bed linen for 2 people: €10/bed; Bathroom linen: €8/stay.

Nestling between land and sea on the Vendée coast, the Gîte de la Maugerie is less than 10 minutes from the beaches of La Tranche-sur-Mer and Longeville-sur-Mer. It's the ideal base for a seaside holiday, while enjoying a break in the countryside. This comfortable, light-filled gîte can accommodate 4 to 6 people for a weekend or longer stay by the sea. This is a new 100m² house with an enclosed garden planted with trees. The house has a large living room with a fitted kitchen opening onto a pleasant terrace, two bedrooms, a shower room, a separate toilet, a garage and parking spaces on the property. Pets are welcome.

19th-century Victorian dwelling renovated in 2012, detached, set in 60 hectares of wooded parkland close to the owner's home. Access via 1 lane. Ground floor: living room, kitchen, small sitting room (TV), shower room/wc, 1 bedroom (1 bed 140). 1st floor: 4 bedrooms (2 beds 90) (2 beds 90) (2 beds 90) (1 bed 160, dressing room, bathroom/wc), shower room, wc. Wifi internet access. Private enclosed garden of 600 m², terrace of 42 m² (garden furniture, barbecue, outdoor games). Owner's indoor swimming pool (5.4x11m) available until 4pm from June to September. The gîte is 2 km from Moutiers les Mauxfaits. Annual wild boar folk festival on 15 August (2.30pm to 11pm). Indian Forest 5 km. O'Gliss Park 6 km. Options: End-of-stay cleaning: €100/stay; Sheet hire for 1 or 2 people: €11/stay; Bathroom linen hire: €6/stay. In addition: Gas central heating on the ground floor + electric on the first floor: Heating charge: 16€/day and 100€/week (payable to the owner).

Contemporary, detached house located in the village. Ground floor: living room, kitchen, bathroom (bath and shower), wc, 2 bedrooms (1 double bed) (2 single beds). No Wifi. Fenced landscaped grounds of 700 m² with 6m² terrace (garden furniture, barbecue). Options: End-of-stay cleaning: 45€/stay; Sheet hire for 1 or 2 people: 10€/stay; Towel hire: 8€/stay. In addition: Oil-fired central heating: Fixed price for oil-fired heating: 10€/day (to be paid to the owner). Visitor's tax.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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...).

Picnic area in Arçais direction Damvix with tables and benches.

American West-style cuisine: wood-grilled meats, cowboy-style burgers, buffalo meat... Entertainment & events, concerts.

Meticulous, homemade cooking using fresh produce. Various menus and burgers. On the premises or to take away. Theme evenings.

Theme bar, entertainment. Vendée tapas, aperitif platters, Guittière oysters...

Takeaway pizzas

Varied cuisine, homemade dishes using local produce.

A simple welcome. Simple yet high-quality cuisine for sharing with friends, or enjoying a hot or cold meal on your own, depending on the season. Pizzas, traditional food and galettes. Takeaway dishes.

Home cooking.

The Clos de la Court d'Aron restaurant welcomes you to the former stables of the château, an enchanting setting steeped in history. From Easter to September: Wednesday to Saturday evenings and Sunday lunchtimes. Out of season, we can organise private receptions with friends or family, or business events, by prior arrangement. The restaurant is part of the "Fou d'local au resto" initiative: gourmet, refined cuisine based on seasonal, organic and local produce! The menu changes every week depending on what's available at the market and when the fish is auctioned. Bookings can be made online: www.courtdaron.com/reservations

Les Terrasses du Graon is a bar-restaurant serving traditional cuisine, with a large dining room and terrace offering exceptional views over Lac du Graon. Theme evenings (blind test, karaoke, Sunday jazz swing and numerous concerts) and the icing on the cake: Oyster Bar every Sunday. We can cater for all your events, weddings, birthdays, banquets, etc. Open from Thursday to Monday for lunch and dinner. July and August 7 days a week.

Meublé au Givre

Meublé au Givre

Furnished Accommodation in Moutiers les Mauxfaits

Five guest rooms in an old dwelling dating from 1807, 10 minutes from La Tranche-sur-Mer. Situated in the countryside with a Zen atmosphere, we offer a place to relax away from mass tourism. Classic, ayurvedic and lomi lomi massages. Yoga platform, room and accessories. Yoga workshops.

Facilities and services: Play area - Access to sanitary facilities - Access to bin room - Water - Electricity - Drainage - Wifi Prices: Pitch: from €17.00 to €27.00 Electricity: €4.00 Water: free See campsite details