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Grottes de Matata – View over Talmont-sur-Gironde loop from Meschers-sur-Gironde

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Grottes de Matata – View over Talmont-sur-Gironde loop from Meschers-sur-Gironde

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Grottes de Matata – View over Talmont-sur-Gironde loop from Meschers-sur-Gironde

02:04

7.96km

50m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc naturel marin de l'Estuaire de la Gironde et de la Mer des Pertuis

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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682 m

Espace Charles De Gaulle

Forest

1.85 km

Blick auf die Steilküste

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1.89 km

Inside the Grottes de Régulus

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Access with fee via a visitor center

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1.91 km

Grottes de Matata

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There is a museum, within the dozen caves, which you can visit to go back in time to the prehistoric man who potentially took refuge in these trogolodyte caves.

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1.99 km

Wireframe Giraffes Sculpture

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1.99 km

The Regulus Caves

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The Regulus Caves, an urban cave site, are open to the public from Easter to All Saints Day. Overlooking the Gironde estuary and carved into limestone cliffs, the "holes" of …

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4.05 km

Carrelets - fishermen's huts at the harbor

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🏠 What are carrelets?

• Wooden huts built on stilts directly on the water
• Connected by a long wooden walkway from the shore or cliffs
• Equipped with a …

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5.10 km

View over Talmont-sur-Gironde

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Impregnable view on this atypical village. Below some swans and in the distance a promised refreshment!

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7.13 km

Saint Saturnin Church, Meschers

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Church rebuilt in 1837, the bell tower being the only remnant of the 15th century building. In the Flamboyant Gothic style, it has the particularity of having retained the general …

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7.96 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.29 km

3.11 km

1.23 km

291 m

Surfaces

3.66 km

1.92 km

1.13 km

920 m

264 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 1 September

24°C

15°C

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Grottes de Matata – View over Talmont-sur-Gironde loop from Meschers-sur-Gironde

Blick auf die Steilküste

Inside the Grottes de Régulus

Grottes de Matata

Wireframe Giraffes Sculpture

The Regulus Caves

Carrelets - fishermen's huts at the harbor

View over Talmont-sur-Gironde

Saint Saturnin Church, Meschers

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