Mont-et-Marré

A hike designed to showcase the small heritage of this commune in the Nièvre, located on either side of the Canal du Nivernais:
castles, beautiful farms and barns, wash houses and fountains, a beautiful variety of paths and panoramic views.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.96 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 71 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 68 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 288 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 241 m

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Description of the walk

Departure: Mont-et-Marré church

(S/E) Take the path behind the church on the left - 19th-century church, and below the church, the old presbytery.
Cross the road and take the path opposite on the right for 50 metres to the Etournelles wash house.
Retrace your steps, go down the road on the left to the canal - lock keeper's house, double lock.
Cross the canal bridge, then the bridge over the Alnain

(1). Turn right and just after the bend, leave the road on the left and turn right towards the hamlet of Bouron, with the wash house on the right and a former presbytery on the left.
Pass the cemetery on your right, where you will see the end of the path of the dead, which started in Marré before the canal was built.
Follow the path and climb into the woods
At a small clearing, the path turns right.
At the top, follow the edge of the woods to the left and you will come to a path between two fields.

(2) Turn right, with a view on the left of the villages of Montapas and Chevrenot.
Pass in front of the castle, then a large farm - Château de Mont on the right, dating from the 18th century, remodelled in the 19th century, with a double external staircase. - A ruined cottage on the left.
Turn right and head right to follow the D25 road to the canal.

(3) Turn right onto the canal embankment - Lock keeper's house, triple lock, overflow basin.
When the canal turns right, take the road on the left that leads to the hamlet of Perchenay. Cross it. - Wash house on the first grassy path on the right.
Well, bread oven, staircase, protruding masonry stones.

(4) At the crossroads in the hamlet, continue along the road to Mont et Marré - On the right, La Varenne farm, former seigneury.
Enter the village. - Entrance to the Chemin des Morts opposite the wash house, former typical school behind the town hall, forge.
Continue straight ahead to reach the church (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 268 m - Church of Mont-et-Marré
  2. 1 : km 0.52 - alt. 244 m - Lock keeper's house. Towards the bridge of the - Alnain (cours d'eau) - Affluent de l'Aron
  3. 2 : km 2.7 - alt. 286 m - On the right
  4. 3 : km 5.02 - alt. 255 m - Turn right onto the embankment of the - Canal du Nivarnais
  5. 4 : km 6.41 - alt. 273 m - Hamlet of Perchenay
  6. S/E : km 7.96 - alt. 267 m - Church of Mont-et-Marré

Worth a visit

The Nivernais Canal cycle route.
The Bazois region and all its treasures.

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 8 reviews

Reliability of the description
4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
User 12054597

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 05, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The trail no longer exists in one section of the forest. By enlarging the map, we were able to easily find the original trail.

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JLetD
JLetD

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 14, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello, and first of all, thank you to everyone who put together all these documents. For this hike between points 1 and 2, we certainly had some difficulty following the route. We even got a little lost. But in the end, we thought it was great to have to find our own way, and to find it. There was a lot of tall grass in May 2024, enough to make your patent leather shoes shine. In short: a beautiful atmosphere in the Bazois bocage and rural heritage.

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Philippe5677
Philippe5677

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 05, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello,
I do not know when this route was created, but today it is incorrect. In section 1, the sentence:
"At a small clearing, the path turns right." does not describe the reality. I couldn't find the path on the right and continued through the woods, using the map to help me.
For the rest of the hike, everything is fine.

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jnanni
jnanni

Hello
I'll try to mark it in both directions this summer.
Thank you for your advice.
Kind regards
Janine Gourio

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beric58
beric58
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Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 28, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

The path along the river is very pleasant. I would recommend doing the route in reverse to end on this note (but the signs are not two-way!).

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MILICHAB
MILICHAB

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 15, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant walk but not enough signposting along the route.

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francoisnicole
francoisnicole

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 05, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A wonderful discovery of heritage. The grassy paths really gave our calves a workout!

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Aplice
Aplice

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 21, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

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blette
blette

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 04, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Very good route, varied landscapes, very pleasant, accessible to all without difficulty.

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