Saint-Savinien: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
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Townscape and Landscape
Saint-Savinien lies on the Charente River in a river bend formed by a limestone outcrop.
Anyone planning a trip to Saint-Savinien on the Charente may wish to rent a holiday apartment there.
Culture and History
The Église Saint-Savinien is a Romanesque church built between the 12th and 13th centuries. The main façade, nave and bell tower of the Église Saint-Savinien have been protected as historic monuments by decree of 19 November 1910.
Cargo Bleu presents local art and crafts in exhibitions and for sale. Cargo Bleu regularly organises events featuring demonstrations by artists and craftspeople.
The Musée de la Miniature presents rural life in the late 19th century, as well as the lives of the working class, lower middle class and aristocracy in various French regions, in a series of 1:12-scale miniature displays. The Maison du Patrimoine is a rural museum with old tools and objects from the Gallo-Roman period.
Getting Around and Exploring
The Tèrra-Aventura treasure hunt uses the free Tèrra Aventura smartphone app. Participants follow clues, solve puzzles and search for the treasure with the Poï’z “Zart’”.
The Circuit des Carrières – PR 31 circular trail runs along the cliffs and former quarries of Saint-Savinien. The Circuit d’Agonnay – les Chaumes & Sèchebec – PR 32 circular trail passes through wet meadows and dry limestone grasslands in the Prée de la Charente and Sèchebec Natura 2000 areas.
The signposted Chemin du Martin-Pêcheur hiking trail runs through the Charenton Valley, whose environment and cultural heritage were studied by a school class. From Crazannes, the Flow Vélo cycle route offers a detour to Saint-Savinien along the flowering banks of the Charente.
The Bernard Palissy III electric-solar excursion boat can carry a few bicycles on a cruise along the Charente between Saint-Savinien and Saintes.
More about the region: Charente-Maritime.
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