Travel Guide Saint-Sornin

Perched on a rocky spur dominating the Gulf, the municipality of Saint-Sornin dominates a vast marsh area populated with storks, cistudes turtles and ragondins. The village, which accommodates some 300 Saint-Sorninois, is the smallest of the basin in the area and number of inhabitants, and is walking on foot or by bicycle. On the street, it will reveal its secrets. Between its Romanesque church, the remnant of a former priory listed historic monument in 1923, its tower of Broue and its infamous quarries (from which stone blocks intended for the construction of Brouage were extracted by prisoners), you are not at the end of your surprises. Not to mention the "smallest house of France", the Mauvinière, a classified fountain (on free tour), the square and its centuries-old trees…