CHEMIN DES CHÂTAIGNES - DÉPART DE MOUILLERON-SAINT-GERMAIN

Discover the Châtaigneraie region on foot (or mountain bike) for a weekend on the Chemin des Châtaignes. Unspoilt, undulating trails will punctuate your "hiking break".

The Chemin des Châtaignes (Chestnut Trail) is a fully signposted 80-kilometre walk or mountain bike ride through the bocage of the Vendée.

Along the way, you'll pass through Mouilleron-Saint-Germain, the birthplace of two great men: Georges Clemenceau and Marshal De Lattre de Tassigny. You'll be able to admire the natural sites: Colline des Moulins, old quarries, rivers and mills...
And what could be more astonishing than travelling through the solar system on board a brand new planetarium set up in the small town of La Chapelle-aux-Lys?

So get your boots on (or your mountain bike) and set off to explore our beautiful Vendée bocage!

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PRACTICAL INFO

This itinerary can be adapted to suit the distances you wish to cover:

For the long loop: 76 kilometres with 4 possible departures:
- D1 Mouilleron-Saint-Germain
- D2 Marillet
- D3 Saint Maurice-des-Noues
- D4 La Tardière

For the West loop: 49 kilometres with 2 possible departures:
- D1 Mouilleron-Saint-Germain
- D4 La Tardière

For the East loop: 43 kilometres with 2 possible departures:
- D2 Marillet
- D3 Saint Maurice-des-Noues

Variant V1 to V2 is signposted in both directions