오레당주 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

A bowl-shaped trail with a beautiful valley in its hollow. The climbs at both ends are slightly challenging.

A former fortified city, the citadel of Châteauceaux was destroyed in 1420 by the Duke of Brittany. Only the two entrance towers and the ruins of the old stronghold remain. At the time, the citadel represented 2.5 times the surface area of the citadel of Carcassonne. https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_et_ville_close_de_Champtoceaux

Small path ending with a pretty panorama.

Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a beautiful journey, Or like the one who conquered the fleece, And then returned, full of experience and reason, To live among his parents the rest of his life! When will I see again, alas, of my little village Smoking the chimney, and in what season Will I see again the enclosure of my poor house, Which is a province to me, and much more? More pleases me the abode that my ancestors built, Than the bold brow of Roman palaces; More than hard marble pleases me fine slate, More my Gallic Loire, than the Latin Tiber, More my little Liré, than the Palatine Hill, And more than the sea air the sweetness of Anjou.

Having spent his early years on the family estate of Liré in Anjou, Joachim Du Bellay spent several years in Rome alongside his cardinal uncle, where nostalgia for the gentleness of Anjou inspired his most famous sonnet "Heureux qui comme Ulysse". In it, he notably mentions this "little Liré" of which only ruins now remain, standing among the chestnut trees. A very pleasant site that you can freely access via a tarmac road when entering the Turmelière estate and going behind the 18th century castle.

Archaeological site unearthed in 2020 by villagers who, while clearing a low wall, realized that they were on a vast terraced wall 60 meters long. These dry stone walls are spread out over a height of 40 meters on the hillside. The origin, probably Celtic, remains uncertain and the function very mysterious. Military? Agricultural? Religious? Druidic? A bit of everything at once? This complex is part of a very pleasant natural site on the banks of the Divatte River. Numerous picnic tables, toilets and drinking water.

Ruins of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste priory, belonging to the Marmoutier abbey, created in the 11th century The ruins visible on the site date from the modifications carried out in the 15th century; the priory collected rights on the mills and tolls on the Loire. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Priory was burned down by the infernal columns in March 1794.

An ancient medieval city just 30 km from Nantes, Champtoceaux is full of history and an exceptional environment. Perched 70 m above the Loire, its magnificent panorama of the Loire Valley has taken many visitors' breath away.