Mesnil-Saint-Père: Holiday apartments and houses

Mesnil-Saint-Père preserves a traditional landscape of the humid Champagne region, with forests, wet meadows, pools, ponds and orchards that provide preferred habitats for fauna and flora. The beach on Lac d’Orient in Mesnil-Saint-Père has fine sand.

Renting a holiday apartment in Mesnil-Saint-Père can be part of your personal travel planning.

Nature

The free, three-kilometre village walk Sentier du Lapin Blanc has a stated duration of one and a half hours. It leads visitors to discover the local fauna and flora and provides insights into the cultural heritage of the village of Mesnil-Saint-Père.

Getting around

The Voie Verte is intended for pedestrians, cyclists and roller skaters. It forms a 28-kilometre circular route around Lac d’Orient, passing through a natural area, often through wooded sections, and provides access to the numerous activities around the lakes.

Water

Swimming at the beach on Lac d’Orient is supervised within a designated safety area only during the summer season, from the beginning of July to the end of August. Canoeing and kayaking are possible on Lac d’Orient near Mesnil-Saint-Père.

Culture and history

The Église Saint-André was added to the Supplementary Inventory of Historic Monuments of France on 21 December 1982. In 2007, the church was closed to visitors and worship services because of its very poor condition.

The Grange dîmière is a very old building, partly clad in half-timbering. It formerly served as a tithe barn for the priests of Mesnil.

More local pages: Champignol-Lez-Mondeville, Vougrey, Pont-Sainte-Marie, Montigny-Les-Monts, Cormost, Montgueux, Bar-Sur-Seine, Bréviandes

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