North-west of Marsilly

Discover Marsilly, a small seaside town with its golf course, ostrich farm, oyster huts and fortified church.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.91 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 21 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 21 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 26 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 3 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Marsilly (17137)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 46.222661° / W 1.130119°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1329ET
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

(S/E) Park in the Marsilly Sports Complex car park and take Rue Gaston Aujard, heading north.
Pass in front of the football stadium and the Robert Chansigaud hall. At the tennis court, go through a wooden gate.

(1) At the end of the road, turn left onto Rue des Jards. At the stop sign, continue straight ahead onto Rue du Chemin Vert. When you reach Rue du Chemin Bas, turn right and cross the car park on the left.

(2) Take the small alleyway at the end in front of the Jean de La Fontaine School. The alleyway leads to Rue des Écoles, which you will follow to the left, opposite the fortified church.

(3) At the cemetery, take the first alley on the left to go around it via Rue du Temple until you reach Rue de l'Église, which you will follow to the right for about thirty metres. Then turn left onto Rue de l'Ancienne Poste.

(4) Opposite the library, take a very small dirt lane on the left. Turn right and at the end of the lane, opposite No. 12, turn left onto Rue des Saints Pères. Turn right onto the first road on the right, in a housing estate, Rue de l'Océan. Follow it to the end (junction with Rue des Boucholeurs).

(5) Opposite, slightly to the left, take the cycle and footpath towards the ocean. At the crossroads facing the coast, take the path on the left and leave the cycle path to continue along the coast. On the right, you can see the fishing pontoons and the Île de Ré offshore.

(6) At the end of the path, opposite the Marsilly Golf Course, turn right onto a tarmac road that leads back to the coast. Opposite the blockhouse, just after a car park and in front of the barrier, take the cycle path on the right. Continue past the oyster huts.

(7) At Port de La Pelle, the track continues along the dyke and then follows the coastal road to Côte Vague. Turn right onto the street of the same name, pass two roads on the left and, after a wide right-hand bend, turn left at the crossroads (same street) and go around the ostrich farm, "L'Autruche de Laurette", taking the first right.

(8) Opposite the farm gate, turn left and just before a left-hand bend, take the small pedestrian alleyway in the housing estate to Rue de l'île d'Oléron, which you will cross to take another alleyway in a housing estate under construction.

(9) At the end of the housing estate, cross Route de Charron or Rue du Château d'Eau and take Rue de Villedoux opposite. About 60 metres further on, turn right onto Rue de Nantilly, which continues on the left. Take the first left, Rue du Palais, and then immediately right. At the end, turn left onto Rue des Marronniers.

(10) Pass in front of Château de Nantilly, continue along Rue des Marronniers and take the third right, Rue des Jards. The first street on the left, Rue Gaston Aujard, takes you back to the starting point and the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 24 m - Sports complex car park
  2. 1 : km 0.48 - alt. 19 m - Left, left, Rue des Jard
  3. 2 : km 1.07 - alt. 17 m - Petite Venelle
  4. 3 : km 1.26 - alt. 19 m - Cemetery
  5. 4 : km 1.62 - alt. 21 m - Library
  6. 5 : km 2.42 - alt. 15 m - Rue des Boucholeurs
  7. 6 : km 3.78 - alt. 13 m - View of Marsilly Golf Course
  8. 7 : km 5.14 - alt. 6 m - Port de la Pelle
  9. 8 : km 8 - alt. 21 m - Farm: l'Autruche de Laurette
  10. 9 : km 8.51 - alt. 22 m - Route de Charron
  11. 10 : km 8.82 - alt. 25 m - Château de Nantilly
  12. S/E : km 9.91 - alt. 24 m - Sports complex car park

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
3.7 / 5
aracea
aracea

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 24, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Too many courses in housing estates or fields, without much interest.
The course is no longer valid in certain places because so many housing estates have been built.
The starting point is no longer accessible by car, there is no parking, and the beach blockhouse has been destroyed to make way for a sea crossing.
The coastal path is very pleasant, as is the short section in old Marsilly.

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cyrille2010
cyrille2010

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 14, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Certainly very busy in summer.

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topignole
topignole

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 12, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

enjoy your hike

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Picton79
Picton79

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 23, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Pleasant hike. After point 8, couldn't find the alleyway in the housing development under construction. Took the road crossing the finished housing development and reached Rue du Château d'Eau.

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SYL8559
SYL8559

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 12, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Nice walk, but we didn't choose the right weather for it. It started raining half an hour after we set off, so we were out in the open with no shelter. Choose a sunny day for this coastal walk. Otherwise, we really enjoyed the walk through the village, but we had a bit of trouble finding the path opposite the library! Very easy walk.

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Jojoartins
Jojoartins

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 15, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Nice walk, but the part through the village is a bit long, or perhaps a brief description (tourist information) would be helpful.

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andine.cha
andine.cha

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 26, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A beautiful walk along the coast with its numerous fishing huts, oyster cabins and also – more surprisingly – its ostrich farm, its fortified church, etc.

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