The most beautiful natural sites to discover New Aquitaine

We reach the locks through the marshes. Fishermen love this place. Along the Button over 4 km, by the slipway, you can also reach the locks of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.

Dominique Richiero is ostréicultrice. During 1 h 30, she proposes a walk (for groups only) through the clear refinement during which she makes you discover the special, special or fine oyster oyster in Marenne. Here, the focus is on the environment, the ecological dimension of the marshes. After so much talk, he is hungry: tasting of some oysters with a glass of white wine.

During a pleasant walk, in the middle of nature, you will discover the site of the Gardens of Bernatère. The association Bernatère created modifications there to revive this part of the valley, as in the Middle Ages. It has in particular installed a vegetable garden which aims to highlight Béarnaises traditions and the culture according to biological methods: a beautiful initiative. Today this place is classified as remarkable garden. The nature around is splendid with the stream of Bernatère, which leads to a waterfall that spouts out with a drop of more than 7 meters just before the mill of Minvielle, continuing its way around the other three mills, ruined, let imagine the activity of the 19th century around salt, white gold.

In fact, Grotte de Beaussac is a small underground stream accessible to everyone from 9 years old. You'd better wear a pair of rubber boots because the first part requires to cross some water holes of approximately 50 centimetres in height as well as waterproof clothing. The accessories for the initiation to speleology are provided. Then, the soil is made of gravels to reach 600 meters further, at the bottom of the cavity. This is an important spot of concretions with ceilings approximately 8 meters in height. Various sets of themes are applied during the visit: genesis speleology, underground fauna, concretions, prehistoric man and caveman. This visit allows you to play safely as a potholer and to discover what nature has created for centuries. 

Direction the giant labyrinth of the Monts Mountains! 4,5 kilometres of aisles have been built over a space of more than two hectares, guaranteeing both small and a fun time. Did you not feel your physical effort? Yet it is an hour that you walk: this is a sufficient daily expenditure. How, how to spend by fun is possible, and it's even very easy!

Tariff: € 6,50 per adult and € 4,50 per child (possibility to stay the full day).

Distance: 4,5 km.

Duration: 1 h.

Difficulty: very easy.

Discovered in 1878, the cave of Lastournelle is located a few steps from Villeneuve-sur-Lot. It has a bar, a snack bar, a shop and games such as turnstile, swings, treasure hunt, etc. Its seven rooms can be visited in 45 minutes, with a guide, or through original animations. These are offered on dates available on the website. Among them is The Speleological Adventure, aimed at children and which will allow them to solve puzzles and take up challenges. Themed treasure hunts are also organized during the holiday season: Halloween, Christmas, Easter...

Price: 7,50 €.

Duration: variable.

Difficulty: easy to difficult

The Bois wood is a Natura 2000 protected area and is the highest point in the High Viennese department (777 metres). This wooded massif, which dominates the lake, is distinguished in the landscape by its deciduous trees (mainly oaks and beech) when the surrounding areas have been invaded by the conifers. From stones to hollow roads, from washing into villages, you will cross the green heart of Limousin.

One of the many Club du Soleil that works in Bordeaux and the region to represent the interests and values of naturism in the largest naturist region of France through various actions throughout the year. In good weather, its members work at the Centre Hélio-marin de Montalivet.

We have to take the route of the two valleys, those of La and Voueize, at the exit of Pywjack-la-Nonière. After flowing through the Creusoise countryside and crossing the Voueize on a narrow bridge, you go to the Tardes and cascades of Bonlieu, so named because they adjacent the Cistercian Abbey which bears this name and depended on it once. It is a green hole, a place where the time seems suspended and where one is happy to dwell, to meditate a little.

The Butte butte is a white quartz grout, remnant of the hydrothermal activity of the Oradour-sur-Glane fault at the end of the primary age. The ridge path offers beautiful views of the Charente limousine and the Lower Marche. A natural area of ecological interest, the place houses a great variety of floristic and faunistique with lande at heather. It is naturally maintained by limousines sheep and managed by the conservatory of the natural spaces of Limousin. In the heather, threatened birds nest in the image of Saint Saint or the nighthawk. At the beginning and at the end of the summer, when the hidden heather flowers and the vulgaire, the landscape becomes pink, a pleasure for your eyes.

The Slab jump is a waterfall at the confluence of the Gartempe. It consists of three successive falls in stairs with a height of three metres. The river circulates in a narrow passage formed by large rocks. Downstream, the enlarged valley and the rock blocks of all sizes cause remous and small falls. The site offers the opportunity of a charming hour walk, in a verdant forest setting around the river, between granite chaos and bocage plateaus.

A Natura 2000 site located in the communes of Saint-Léger-Magnazeix and Lussac-les-Churches, Murat Pond, with a surface area of 30 ha and built between 1474 and 1534, is owned by the High Vienna Hunters Federation, although hunting is prohibited. Known for a long time for its ecological richness, it offers a remarkable flora accompanied by a great richness of fauna in the image of its many species of water birds: foulgues, herons, teal, grèbe… At the time of migration, black geese and swans make it their resting area. Its flat structure and the quality of its humid natural habitats make it a privileged site for the rest, reproduction and nesting of the water birds. A climbing wooden hut on piles serves as an ornithological observatory, located in the extension of a communal road.

This site protected and managed by the Conservatoire régional des Spaces Naturel du Limousin, offers a special rock, the serpentine, an unusual landscape of rocky chaos emerging from women heather barrens (six different species). The remarkable fauna may give you the opportunity to observe a nighthawk or busard… and, as far as the flora is concerned, it is exceptional for the region. it is not uncommon to see a "" or a gentian gentian… On the 3 km interpretive trail, many panels give you the explanations necessary for understanding the environment. On the other hand, it is not always easy to find the starting point, located in the old Tuileries of Cluzeau.

The Flora Atlantica farm is becoming a must. Take advantage of its ecology boom and holiday makers that come with it. As soon as you get to the farm, visitors will be immersed in an invisible world with fitted sunglasses. The botany farm offers a visit to its greenhouse that identifies plant species that are found only on the Gironde coast. To discover a variety of herbs, two solutions are available: the free tour or that accompanied by a horticulturist. Through his comments and anecdotes, medicinal plants or herb spices on the waterfront will have no secret for you. Creative workshops and introduction to eco-gardening will be helpful for you to become familiar with the ancient art of plant weaving. You can then go back with a local and original souvenir that you will know how to keep! Walking or horse rides in the region are also organized, with tasting of local products.