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The doors of the Vineyard...Haute-Goulaine
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HAUTE-GOULAINE TO VERTOU
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| By arriving at Basse - Goulaine by
the island Chaland, cross the D 1 15. Turn left after a
small bridge, direction The Plaunais. FROM the
habitations dominate the marsh of Goulaine. This site is
a promenade. Marsh surrounded by plateau form a vast
basin of 8 km on 4, cut in two by a rocky crest to the
level of the bridge of the Ouen that separates the marsh
of Haute - Goulaine of the one the Chapelle Heulin. This
crest culminates to the hillock of the Roche discovering
a pretty point of view to the thread of a stroll in the
middle of vines. Arrived at the locality The Haudinière (beautiful residences), continue to The Basse - River. All along of this road, the small paths drive to the centre of the marsh. Go back until The Croix - Chabineau. Turn three time on the left: at the crossroads, at the street des Ecoles, then at the end of the street until the sports complex where you leave your car. After the tennis courts, join by the Gache the alley of the castle of Goulaine, Renaissance style. Constructed in 1480, this residence very well maintained by its proprietor the marquis of Goulaine, could be visited, as well as the aviary of butterflies, vast squeezes that shelters from the spring to the autumn several hundred of tropical butterfly flying in liberty in the middle of visitors. You are invited to taste the wine of vineyards of Haute - Goulaine in an atmosphere of the most agreeable. At the end of the alley of the castle, take the direction of The Chabossière by the main road until the village of Saint - Martin. Make a stop to the chapel dedicated to Saint - Martin-de-Tours, apostle des Gaulles, erected on a site where fBasse two inexhaustible fountains, told miraculous. A beautiful wooden altar and a stained-glass window represent the saint with arms of Pie IX (keys are with Mr. and M - Babin, house beside the chapel). Then go back to The Boulaie by the same road. At the stop, take the direction of Vertou. You can also make walks in marsh by renting boats in the port des Grenouilles in Haute - Goulaine, in the Millau (town of the Loroux-Bottereau), in the Montru (town of The Chapelle - Heulin). Keys of these boats in points 1 of the Loroux and Basse - Goulaine. |
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