Château-Guibert: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Near Château-Guibert lies Lac du Marillet, a natural area with several arms and landscaped paths. The reservoir created by the Barrage du Marillet covers 127 hectares and contains 7,300,000 cubic metres of water. The dam itself was built between 1983 and 1987.

Anyone wishing to travel to Château-Guibert can rent a holiday apartment.

Nature

At Lac du Marillet, there are very dry slopes with meadows and heathland; the flora there has an almost Mediterranean character. The animal species highlighted at the lake include the European golden oriole, the nightingale, the kingfisher, the brown short-horn and the dryad emerald damselfly.

In Bellenoue in Château-Guibert, there is a play and picnic area as well as footpaths around the lakes. The Descente à bateau de Bellenoue is a concrete ramp at the Barrage du Marillet; there is a fishing course at Lac du Marillet. There is also a catch-and-release black bass fishing course on the Moinie and Tourteron arms.

Paths and activities

The Sentier pédestre Le Lac du Marillet is an easy 9.7-kilometre circular hiking trail starting in Château-Guibert. The hedge-lined paths of the Sentier pédestre Château d’eau de la Choletière offer panoramic views of the area around Château-Guibert and the Marillet Valley.

Pieds d'AventureS, based in Château-Guibert, is located in La Pinetière and offers donkey hikes from there. Its offerings include varied activities accessible to people with disabilities, including day-long circular tours and hiking stays lasting from 2 to 8 days. Pieds d'AventureS also offers workshops or two-day courses to discover bivouacking and bushcraft.

Culture

The present-day Notre-Dame de la Nativité church was built between 1892 and 1894 on the site of an older Romanesque church and the adjoining cemetery. Notre-Dame de la Nativité has a Latin-cross floor plan; a portal bell tower leads to a single-nave church with a projecting transept and a choir facing south.

The Jardin de la Morandière is a romantic garden with a collection of around 600 varieties of roses surrounding an arbour, a pond and pergolas, and offers a remarkable view over the valley. The Château d’eau de la Choletière has a 50-metre-high tower; its conical tank was lifted onto the tower within three days using hydraulic jacks.

Soullans, Sainte-Hermine, Moutiers-Sur-Le-Lay, Chambretaud, Apremont, Puyravault, La Chaize-Le-Vicomte, Foussais-Payré.

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