Our cycling loops in the Marais Poitevin

To complete our bike tours in the Marais Poitevin, we provide you with the following:

  • App with GPS tracking and audio guidance
  • Paper map (to help you find your way and get lost the old-fashioned way)

Wild Marsh tour

📏 Length: 18 km
⏱️ Duration: 1h30-2h
📍 The main crossing points: Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud, Damvix

👀 To see:

  • Wild marsh
  • Bird Park « Les Oiseaux du Marais Poitevin » in Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud (outside the route)
  • Village of Damvix
  • Sèvre niortaise

Mazeau tour

📏 Length: 18 km
⏱️ Duration: 1h30-2h
📍 The main crossing points: Le Mazeau

👀 To see:

  • Marshes of Sainte-Sabine and Benet
  • Village of Le Mazeau
  • Sèvre niortaise

Tour of the “maraîchins” villages

📏 Length: 19 km
⏱️ Duration: 1h30-2h
📍 The main crossing points: Saint-Georges-de-Rex, Le Vanneau, Irleau

👀 To see:

  • Village de Saint-Georges-de-Rex et ses lavoirs
  • Marais de Saint-Georges et de Sainte-Sabine
  • Village of Le Vanneau
  • Village of Irleau

Canal tour

📏 Length: 27 km
⏱️ Duration: 2h30-3h
📍 The main crossing points: Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud, Écluses de Bazoin, Damvix

👀 To see:

  • Wild marsh
  • Mignon canal
  • Bazoin Locks
  • Sèvre niortaise
  • Village of Damvix

East to West Marsh tour

📏 Length: 38 km
⏱️ Duration: 3h30-4h
📍 The main crossing points: Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud, Écluses de Bazoin, Damvix, Le Mazeau

👀 To see:

  • Wild marsh
  • Mignon canal
  • Bazoin Locks
  • Sèvre niortaise
  • Village of Damvix
  • Village of Le Mazeau

Maillezais tour

📏 Length: 46 km
⏱️ Duration: 4h30-5h
📍 The main crossing points: Le Mazeau, Maillezais, Maillé, Écluses de Bazoin, Damvix


👀 To see:

  • Village of Le Mazeau
  • Maillezais Abbey
  • La Cibulle Brewery in Maillé
  • Bazoin Locks
  • Sèvre niortaise
  • Village of Damvix
  • Wild marsh