Circular route around Mindin via Le Bodon

Park in the car park on Place du Marché at the junction of Avenue Henri Basle and Rue Albert Chassagne. Start point: UNICO car park (Rando douce).

(S/E) Head towards Rue Albert Chassagne and follow it to the right. Go round the roundabout on the right using the pedestrian crossings, go under the four-lane tunnel and walk for about sixty metres.

(1) Leave the street and turn left onto the path running alongside the canal. Cut across Chemin du Plessis and continue straight ahead into the cul-de-sac. Carry on straight ahead along the path, which leads further on to the motorway junction.

(2) Go round the junction on the right, using the pedestrian crossings on Avenue du Bel Air and Allée de la Prée de Mindin, and go under the tunnel. At the exit, go round the junction on the right to cross Avenue Raymond Poincaré safely. Cross Avenue du Rozay.

(3) Turn right onto Avenue Egazel and follow it straight on. At the end of the street, turn left onto Avenue de Mindin and continue to the star-shaped roundabout.

(4) Take the^second right onto Avenue Plantagenet. Cross Avenue Maréchal Joffre and continue to the roundabout. Take the^third exit opposite to join the^GR®8and follow it southwards, turning left. Walk along Plage des Pins and then past the car park along Boulevard Padioleau.

(5) Turn left onto Rue de l’Église. At the roundabout, take the^second exit on the left, Rue du Général de Gaulle, and finish by taking Rue Albert Chassagne to return to the starting point at Place du Marché (S/E).

The Church of Saint-Nicolas de l’Estuaire.
The Mindin Serpent.
The Saint-Nazaire Bridge.
The Saint-Nazaire submarine base.
The old harbour at Pornic.