Travel Guide Saint-Martin-Du-Manoir

Perched on the north side of the St. Lawrence River Valley, a small tributary of La Lézarde, Saint-Martin-du-Manoir is a small, wealthy village that conceals pretty, quiet residences under its tall trees. A manor house with a dovecote, both built of ashlar and black flint, is located behind the church, whose Romanesque choir dates back to the 12th and 13th centuries. A local legend would have it that in the locality of the Grey Stone, a dolmen in fact, bones and a coin were found, illustrating the tragic end of a rogue knight who had sold his soul to the devil against the forced favours of his lord's wife. Hikers on the circuit Following in the footsteps of Saint Martin (10.5 km, 2.5 hours and a half), beware of encounters with a man dressed in black, with a well trimmed beard and bright, clever eyes...