Sillars: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The local history of Sillars includes the Église Saint-Félix. The ship's main masonry dates from the 11th century, while the façade and bell tower date from 1875 and the choir from 1890.

Renting a holiday apartment in Sillars is one possible way of planning a stay.

Culture

The Chapelle de Cherchillé is dedicated to Saint Mark. The Font-Malade spring lies beside the chapel and was traditionally visited by pilgrims. According to folk tradition, its waters could cure various ailments.

Hiking

The circular hike Le Tré de Saint Flix boucle n°3 starts and ends on the Route de La Bastière in Sillars. The moderately difficult circular route is 10.8 kilometres long and is given as taking 2 hours and 30 minutes. Its route passes through remarkable limestone grasslands.

Nature

The Étang de Clossac in Sillars is classified as a natural area of ecological, faunistic and floristic interest (ZNIEFF). In winter and during the spring and autumn migrations, the pond hosts numerous migratory waterbirds, especially geese and ducks. Waders also stop there; the site is also one of the few regional areas where, for example, cranes occur.

The Étang de Clossac is a preferred breeding site for great crested grebes, warblers, lapwings and curlews. The Bois de L’Hospice is protected under the Habitats Directive and designated as an important area for bird conservation (ZICO).

The Bois des Chirons lies near the eastern edge of the Forêt de Lussac in a valley through which a stream flows. Numerous Turk's cap lilies grow there; when the site was discovered in the early 1980s, almost 1,000 specimens were counted.

Part of the Butte de Lalœuf borders Sillars. The protected site, with dolomitic limestone soils and dry grasslands, is home to flora that is rare in Poitou.

For the higher-level travel overview: Vienne.

More destinations

More places within the same destination:

Bourg-Archambault, Pressac, Bournand, Nalliers, Naintré, Romagne, Civray, Maulay.