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1. La Grande Conche and the pointe des Vallières — loop from Royan

8.05km

02:05

40m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. La Grande Conche – Pointe des Vallières loop from Royan

11.9km

03:03

60m

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3. Vallières lighthouse – Pointe des Vallières loop from Saint-Georges-de-Didonne

5.77km

01:30

40m

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Paul_C

October 17, 2023

Pointe de Vallières is a rocky cape from which you can see the charming port of Saint-Georges-de-Didonne and its lighthouse.

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Pussy et Gégé

September 1, 2024

The Pointe de Vallières is one of the many rocky capes that punctuate the coastline of the Côte de Beauté, from the Terre-nègre promontory in Saint-Palais-sur-Mer to that of Caillaud in Talmont-sur-Gironde.

From a geological point of view, it is made up of rocks dating from the Upper Cretaceous period dominated by yellowish limestone strata rich in bryozoans, echinoderms and spherulites, which testify to the presence of a warm and shallow sea at the end of the secondary era. A few relict lenses dating from the Eocene period can also be observed near the lighthouse. The coasts of Vallières are made up of cliffs, less steep than those of Suzac due to more pronounced erosion, more jagged too (small sheltered coves, cavities, including the cave of the Pointe de Vallières — but also the modest "île aux mouettes", a fragment of cliff separated from the rest of the point, colonized by seabirds).

In its southern part, the Pointe de Vallières is extended by a dike that marks the entrance to the port. To the north as well as to the south, the point is extended by vast reefs, among the most developed on the Côte de Beauté: these are, respectively, the Banc de Vallières and that of Béchade, at the entrance to the port.

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Location: Saint-Georges-De-Didonne, Rochefort, New Aquitaine, France

Pointe des Vallières

1. La Grande Conche and the pointe des Vallières — loop from Royan

2. La Grande Conche – Pointe des Vallières loop from Royan

3. Vallières lighthouse – Pointe des Vallières loop from Saint-Georges-de-Didonne

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