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Traditional Markets
Guerande Wednesdays & Saturday all year round, covered fish market, Tuesdays, Wednesday & Friday
Herbignac Wednesdays
La Baule 3 Markets Daily
Le Croisic Thursday, Saturdays (covered)
Montsoreau. Frequency: 2nd Sunday of month
Nantes, place du Bouffay. Frequency: weekly Tuesday to Saturday, afternoons
St Marie Sur Mer, held directly behind church. Frequency: every Thursday morning
Le Loroux Bottereau. Frequency: 2nd Sunday of month, mornings (excluding August)
Horse Riding centres
St Molf www.pierrebarret.fr
Mesquer www.centre-equestre-du-bel-air.fr
also in Guerade, Labaule, Herbignac, La Croisic & Penestrin
Golf Courses
La Baule/St Andre des Eaux
18 +18+9+Range.
Missilac-La Bretesche 18 hole, 30 minutes drive from the villa very good course.
Guerande 9+ Driving range & school.
www.golfdeguerande.com
Le Croisic 9 hole.
Sea Fishing
La Tur Balle 3 boats hire of rods etc 1/2 and full day trips
La Croisic 2 Boats
Pornichet On a replica of 'Doris; fishing boat
Freshwater fishing Guerande, Herbignac, Mesquer and La Roche Bernard.
Bicycle & Rollerblade hire
Mesquer 2 shops (Nearest)
Guerande 2000 + biles etc www.localbike.com
also in most other towns.
Marked cycle routes also 9km of dedicated rollerskating tracks on the coast from Le Pouligen along La Baule bay amd promenade to Pornichet.
Rambling Routes Marked routes all over the area.
Thalassotherapy Centres
The centres offers traditional seaweed baths, seaweed body wraps, hydrotherapy, massage, marine based facials, sauna/steamrooms- La Baule (2) & Pornichet
The list of care and treatments is impressive: aquatic gymnastics, analytical swimming pool and physiotherapy, slimming course (Aquaminceur in French), bubbling bath and seaweed massages bath, jet shower, underwater shower, foot bath, hand bath, mud wrap, sea sprays, seaweed and aromatherapy, affusion shower, grape pips polyphenols application, application of plant serum oil enriched with ozone, modelling under affusion, massages, anti cellulite treatment, peeling, relaxation therapy, foot reflexology, shiatsu, lymphatic drainage, pressotherapy, hydrojet, cellu M6, Datavein (external electric stimulation of the venous system, stretch, Thai massage.
Aquatic Centres, all to high standard
Gureande 70m slide, modern pool + much more
La Baule Large centre
Piriac - sur - Mer
La Roche - Bernard

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Boats Sea excusions & Cruises.
Piriac-sur-mer One hour cruises.
Arzal Barrage, explore the Vilaine River
Le Croisic- LaTurballe, Explore the coast
www.compagniedesiles.com
Other activites
La Turballe- Fun park, many children activities
St Molf- Monkey Forest
7km outside St Molf - Forest acrobat adventure 8 course, picnic area, playarea in 8 hectares of wood, a yurk maybe book for over night stays
www.monkey-forest.fr/spip.php?rubrique24
Paintball- www.paintball-guerande.com
Piriac-sur-mer Forest adventure park 110 workshops.
Guerande Karting www.kartingcotedeamour.com
Presquilie Bowing 14 alleys = 8 snooker tables
Young adventures www.jeunesadventuries.fr
KERVALET
Typical salt farming village with characteristic stone houses, Kervalet is home to a magnificent
flamboyant Gothic chapel dedicated to Saint Marc the Evangelist. Absolutely not to be missed.
ROFFIAT
Narrow lanes and tightly packed houses compose the architecture of this charming little village that is the farthest from the town centre. You will admire its curious wooden cross adorned with 13 hearts calling to mind Christ and the 12 apostles, as well as a statuette of Notre Dame du Bonheur once honoured by young newlyweds.
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TREGATE
Discover the bread bakery, the fountain, the granite calvary and the splendid 18th century dormer windows.
KERMOISAN
On the Rue du Vieux Moulin you can admire cute little houses before discovering a lush, untamed landscape crisscrossed with stone walls and dominated by the Tower, guardian of the area and landmark for mariners.
Le Chateau de Ranrouet - Herbignac
Original and unique in the area, the Chateau of Ranrouët is extremely different from the hilltop sites. Explore this witness to the history of Brittany and five centuries of military architecture with its Fortress, keep, Fortifications and ramparts.
The Salt Pans Fascinating 2000 acres produce the famous Fleur de sel ("Flower of salt" in French) is a hand-harvested sea salt collected by workers who scrape only the top layer of salt before it sinks to the bottom of large salt pans. Traditional French fleur de sel is collected off the coast of Brittany (most notably in the town of Guérande - Fleur de Sel de Guérande, hand harvested from salt marsh water being the most revered),and is slightly grey due to the sandy minerals collected in the process of harvesting the salt from the pans. Fleur de sel is one of most expensive salts in the world and is usually sold in jars as it is slightly damp.
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The Briere Wetlands A veritable labyrinth of islands and water, la Brière is the second largest marsh land in France, after the Camargue. With its nearly 40,000 hectares of peat bogs, ponds, and canals the National Regional Park is home to an exceptional variety of animal life. As you walk through the park you'll get a chance to see the "tourist" villages of Saint-Malo-de-Guersac (lock-keeper's house) on the island of Fedrun, and the restored village of Kerhinet. Since the 1500s, the 17,000 hectares of la Brière have belonged to 21 independent communities. If you would like to wander off the "beaten path", take a stroll through the hamlets of Pentille,
Camerun, and Mayun... But to get the most out of your visit to the park the best way to go is by boat (chaland). These small boats are available for rent (with a guide) in the little ports of: île de Fédrun (Saint-Joachim), Port de Bréca (Saint-Lyphard), Port de la Chaussée Neuve (Saint-André-des-Eaux), Port des Fossés Blancs (La Chapelle-des-Marais), Port des Prises du Coin (Herbignac).
Beach Clubs
The Club des Courlis www.clubdescourlis.com/
- Baby Club (3 to 5 year old) : your children enjoy various games and activities in a closed open-air space. A qualified animator looks after them and give them specific attention all day long.
- Kids (6 to 12 year old) : children will enjoy all of the club's facilities such as trampolines, toboggans, table tennis, baby-foot, etc... Sporting activities and great games are usually organised every week day by qualified instructors.
- Juniors (12 to 17 year old) : for those teenagers usually too mature for traditional beach-clubactivities, we have developed a specific program mixing team-sports (volley ball, soccer, baseball, etc...) and water sports (windsurfing or sailing on catamarans). They are trained by State-approved instructors in each domain.
Beach clubs can also be found at Mesquer, Piriac-sur-Mer La Turballe, La Baule, Batz sur Mer, Le Croisic, Le Pouligen, Pornichet.
www.clubdesdauphins.com
www.clubdescourlis.com
www.clubdescorriganspornichet.com
www.club-albatrois.fr
www.club-des-crabes.com
Sailing Centres
La Baule www.arf-sailing.com
La Crosisic- Rigged cutter. Day trips to isles of Belle, Noirmoutier or to the Golfe du Morbihan - Golfe de Morbihan – mor bihan means "little sea" in Breton – which lets in the tides through a narrow gap between the peninsulas of Rhuys and. By popular tradition the islands scattered around this enclosure used to number the days of the year, though for centuries the waters have been rising and there are now fewer than one for each week. Of these, thirty are owned by film stars
Le Pouliguen 12 Meter catamaran
The Saint Guénolé Church
Breton Gothic style (14th / 15th century).
Built at the end of the 15th century, it has undergone
several transformations and is now listed as a Historical Monument.
The large organs in their magnificent carved oak cases dating from the 17th century are played in many concerts during the summer to the delight of music lovers.The church is open every day from 9 AM to noon and from 2:30 to 6 PM.
In summer, guides from the SPREV are on hand to give you a free guided tour.
The Notre Dame du Mûrier Chapel was built after a plague epidemic in 1496. At the beginning of the 19th century, the roof was damaged in a terrible storm, and the Chapel was never again used as a place of worship. Today, the Chapelle du Mûrier is one of the emblematic monuments of Batz, where numerous community events take place, such as the Nuits Salines and the Pardon de Saint Guénolé.
The Salt Marsh Museum
is one of the oldest Traditional Arts Museums in
Brittany. This intercommunal museum has been awarded the Museum of France quality label.
- Permanent exhibit featuring 1500 objects, documents, models and films to let you experience the life of paludiers, or salt farmers in the 19th century.
- Discover the history of salt and 2000 years of human and technical adventure!
- Learn how a salina works and what a paludier does, with games for children and adults.
Open:
- From 1 July to 30 September: every day from 10:00 to 12:30 and 2:30 to 7:00
- Off-season: Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 6:00
- School holidays: every day from 10:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 6:00
- Reservations required for groups.
Moulin de la Bicane - Campbon
Mill built in 1851 and restored from 1991 to 2001. The original mechanism still works! You can see it during your visit and, if the wind permits, you can watch buckwheat being ground into flour
Jardin de la Fontaine Aux Bretons - Pornic
In the walled kitchen garden, the flowered alleys, edged with espaliered pear trees, frame the vegetable patches which supply the kitchens of the inn. The vineyard and meadows are ideal for restful walks. |
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