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The Top 20 Natural Monuments in Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20

beautiful natural monuments in Pays de la Loire. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: October 7, 2025

Lac de la Bultière

This vast body of water, popular for fishing and nature walks, offers an ideal setting for a bike ride along its banks. The trails surrounding the lake reveal superb views of the calm water and the surrounding hills.

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Leaning Stone Pine of Rue de la Collégiale

A remarkable and emblematic tree of the city of Clisson, this umbrella pine naturally leaned over to get the light from the other side of the street, then twisted to …

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Etang de Roche Ballue

Located in a beautiful natural site, this pond, in fact an old quarry filled with water, is open for swimming.

Be careful, beyond the buoys, the pond becomes very deep …

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Baie de Cayola

Remarkable place where you can observe: a natural pebble dike. Opposite in the bay, if the tide is low you will observe the remains of a pier.

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Marais Salants de Guérande

Historically used for sea salt production, today the important wetland area is slowly reclaimed by the local biodiversity

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Étang de Joreau

Go to the pond for an afternoon relaxing with the family thanks to the picnic areas, fishing parties etc ...

Around the Etang de Joreau, you can walk through woods. …

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The Loire at Oudon

I always ride south Loire in the morning because the bike path is not shaded. City of Oudon very nice. I often do this circuit always with a picnic break at the port of oudon.

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Puits d'Enfer

Place where the sea rushes into the rock at high tide, a place whose beauty therefore depends significantly on the tides

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La roche de Mûrs

The Roche de Mûrs site is a natural site which offers a breathtaking view of the Loire valley and its floodplains, as well as a glimpse of the urban skyline …

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View of the Layon Valley and the Vineyards from the Coteaux du Pont-Barré

Ideal for a break!

The Coteaux du Pont-Barré nature reserve overlooks the Layon valley and its vineyards. The particular relief, made of slopes interspersed with numerous small plateaus and rocky …

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The Top 20 Natural Monuments in Pays de la Loire

Lac de la Bultière

Leaning Stone Pine of Rue de la Collégiale

Etang de Roche Ballue

Baie de Cayola

Marais Salants de Guérande

Étang de Joreau

The Loire at Oudon

Puits d'Enfer

La roche de Mûrs

View of the Layon Valley and the Vineyards from the Coteaux du Pont-Barré

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