The Roman road at Neuillac in the Terres de Champagne

As you set off, you’ll discover the Romanesque church of Neuillac and its modillions featuring a variety of subjects. You’ll then walk through the Cognac vineyards. At Les Fontagards, you’ll pass a beautiful manor house that bears witness to the boom in wine-growing in the 19th century. After crossing Le Noblat, you’ll reach a more wooded area where a section of the Roman road has been uncovered, before returning to Neuillac along paths lined with vineyards and copses.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.04 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 13 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 13 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 55 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 33 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Neuillac (17520)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 45.517666° / W 0.399762°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1533SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

Start at the Village Hall.

(S/E) Head back towards the village centre, take thefirst left then left again towards the church.

(1) Leave the village on the right, following the D50. About 100 metres past the cemetery, turn right then left onto the first path.

(2) Turn right 800m further on at the crossroads and continue to the D250. Cross the road to take the path opposite. Go straight on for about 1 km.

(3) When you reach the tarmac, turn right and cross the village of Romas. At the T-junction, turn right onto the north-east-facing track leading to the Fontagard woods. At the end of the vineyard, veer slightly left (about 1 km) then pass between the houses to reach the D148 road.

(4) At the D148, turn left, cross the Noblat stream and at the junction (14th-century wayside cross) continue straight on along the D148. Leave the road after about 200m, following the path that continues straight ahead around the bend. Continue along the “Voie Romaine” for 1 km.

(5) At the crossroads, do not go downhill but turn right; the path leads into a copse. After 750m, take the path on the right at the edge of the copse. Walk 250m; the path then turns right at a 90° angle before heading left between the vineyards. Continue for 1km (east/south-east) until you reach the junction with the road.

(6) Turn right onto the D148, then left onto the D250 towards Neuillac. In Neuillac, turn right to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 42 m - Village hall car park
  2. 1 : km 0.15 - alt. 44 m - Église Saint-Pierre (Neuillac)
  3. 2 : km 1.45 - alt. 49 m - Crossroads
  4. 3 : km 3.6 - alt. 48 m - Junction
  5. 4 : km 5.34 - alt. 35 m - D148, turn left
  6. 5 : km 7.06 - alt. 46 m - Crossroads, turn right
  7. 6 : km 9.11 - alt. 43 m - D148, turn right
  8. S/E : km 10.04 - alt. 42 m - Village hall car park

Notes

Route No. 7.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
colley
colley

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 06, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very good

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Saintonge 17
Saintonge 17

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 07, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

It’s a lovely, varied walk, with the added bonus of exploring a section of the Roman road.

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JMGIRARD17
JMGIRARD17

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 10, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The route was pleasant for the most part, but the dirt tracks weren’t particularly scenic. On the other hand, the walls were in very good condition.

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M20114616100
M20114616100

Hello

I’m sorry, but I wasn’t able to download and print the three walks I’d planned to go on.

Kind regards

M Guitton

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ap75rb17
ap75rb17

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 24, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

An easy but interesting walk, and well signposted.

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Hello everyone.
Mgsmsms, you did the right thing using Visorando for this route. And as far as I can tell, it’s not you but Visorando that RANDOkpuh694 is accusing of plagiarism.
We will contact RANDOkpuh694 directly.

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Mgsmsms
Mgsmsms

Hello Mr Normand,

I find it very offensive of you to accuse me of plagiarism!!!
I am a member of the VISORANDO website and found this walk there (route and description). I don’t know who posted it.
As far as I’m concerned, if it’s available, I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to use it.
If you can claim intellectual property rights over this route (which also appears on all the signs indicating all the walks in the region), I suggest you ask Visorando to remove this walk from their site by means other than using the ‘reply’ function
Nevertheless, anyone who buys your guidebook and does not have an IGN map – which is rarely the case when buying a guidebook – will face the problems mentioned earlier!!!

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RANDOkpuh694
RANDOkpuh694

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 13, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

This route has been copied from the guidebook published by the Charente-Maritime Departmental Hiking Committee. Volunteers surveyed and marked out this route in the 1980s; but as the number of trails grew and the volunteers became less active, we handed this route over to local councillors... But you’ve even copied the reference numbers found in our guidebook... that strikes me as dishonest. Add new walks, not trails already published and plagiarised from other publishers...
I am asking you to remove this route... My name is Claude Normand and I have been working as a volunteer for 40 years on the department’s routes... I am the one who produces the guidebooks that can be found in bookshops everywhere at a very reasonable price (8 euros for 30 walks)
Please contact the Committee at: editionsrando17(at)orange.fr

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Mgsmsms
Mgsmsms

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 19, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Point 3 – After “continue for about 200 m...”, please note that the signpost shows a cross, whereas you should turn right at this point (turn at the hangar)
Point 4 – It should read: “At the D148, turn left, pass a wayside cross on your right, cross the Noblat and continue straight on the D148.” The rest is correct
Point 5 – It should read: “At the crossroads, after the descent, turn right.” The rest is correct.

General signposting: Yellow + 7

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