La Chapelle-Thireuil: Holiday apartments and holiday homes
Accommodation in La Chapelle-Thireuil
In La Chapelle-Thireuil, the Le meunier de Saumort circular hiking trail starts at the Place du monument aux morts and is marked in yellow. It is 12 km long and is signposted in La Chapelle-Thireuil as taking 3 hours; it also leads into the Saumort Valley and to its former mills.
For a stay in La Chapelle-Thireuil, renting a holiday apartment can be a planning step in its own right.
Hiking and landscape
The Saumort has carved a deeply incised valley into schist rock, which is partly greenish and sericitic and partly traversed by quartz veins. In La Chapelle-Thireuil, the Broumisses, a tributary of the Vendée, and the Saumort flow into the Autize.
The landscape along the Autize near La Chapelle-Thireuil is hilly and characterized by several watermills.
Culture and history
The Église Saint-Étienne de La Chapelle-Thireuil has very good acoustics. During a guided tour of the church, its history, architecture, and special features were presented.
The washhouse next to the church can be viewed. The “Terroir de France” cooperative dairy, founded in December 1912, produced only butter and collected cream from 200 members.
Orientation
An explanatory sign was put up on the Place de la Chapelle. The Fontaine Sainte-Macrine was accessible only via private property.
Other places: La Crèche, Chef-Boutonne, Lezay, Villiers-En-Bois, La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent, Limalonges, Gourgé, Irais
To the overarching travel overview: Deux-Sèvres.
