Travel Guide Deux-Sèvres

The Deux-Sèvres is a department in the center-west of France, with its capital Niort, and belongs to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Why the Deux-Sèvres? In reference to the presence on this territory of the Sèvre nantaise, a tributary of the Loire, and the Sèvre niortaise which flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital, Niort, is located in the hinterland. A lot of charm for this destination around jewels like the Marais Poitevin, a very particular biotope that can be discovered by boat, on foot or by bike. One appreciates on this picturesque territory the unusual market on the water. Moreover, this land is not lacking in flavors and gives treasures such as saffron and truffles and perpetuates the tradition of peasant recipes such as farci, a terrine of green leaves and pork, or the fouace de la Mothe-Saint-Héray, also called fouace de Rabelais, between bread and brioche, with a well-kept secret, which has been kneaded in La Mothe since the ^16th century. You can pedal on this territory without important difference in level and paddle on the Sèvre niortaise river up to the Marais while enjoying the romantic landscapes along the water or walk in the state forest of the Chambrille valley. So many opportunities to recharge your batteries in the open air. What else can you do? Visit a museum dedicated to Protestantism and the Huguenots before going to sleep under a yurt in the middle of a meadow where these Poitou donkeys, recognizable by their Saint Martin's cross on their gray dress, are frolicking. It is the Poitou all sweet.