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Pays de la Loire

Fontenay-Le-Comte

Saint-Michel-En-L'Herm

Port of Marans – La Tranche-sur-Mer loop from Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm

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France

Pays de la Loire

Fontenay-Le-Comte

Saint-Michel-En-L'Herm

Port of Marans – La Tranche-sur-Mer loop from Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm

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Port of Marans – La Tranche-sur-Mer loop from Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm

04:48

81.9km

80m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Parc naturel régional du Marais poitevin

Parc naturel marin de l'Estuaire de la Gironde et de la Mer des Pertuis

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Parking

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2.79 km

Porte des Portes

Highlight • Monument

The gates are dikes, functioning as locks, in order to control the amount of water that is in the marsh, so as not to suffer from fluctuations associated with high and low tides.

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23.5 km

Port of Marans

Highlight • Other

Cute little down with plenty of bars and restaurants. It's set up for tourists and locals alike. Le Velo Francette comes through here and you can join the route from here.

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48.2 km

Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm cycle path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Paved diagonal shortcut direct to the Vélodyssée, excellent straight and smooth biking route through the fields without traffic.

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58.1 km

View of the Belle Henriette stilted footbridge

Highlight • Other

Connects the two campgrounds to the beach through the protected area, crossing wetland and sandy dunes

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58.5 km

La Tranche-sur-Mer

Highlight • Settlement

Charming coastal town surrounded by beaches, with a large central square dominated by Saint Nicholas Church and the Town Hall.

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71.4 km

Casse de la Belle Henriette Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

It is through this magnificent nature reserve that we enter Le Faute-sur-Mer.
A walking area for holidaymakers, we are here in an enchanting area.

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76.3 km

Aiguillon-sur-Mer Beach

Highlight • Beach

Right in town, next to the tourist office, a lagoon offers a very pleasant protected beach.

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81.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

39.3 km

21.5 km

15.8 km

2.75 km

1.96 km

620 m

119 m

Surfaces

37.5 km

25.9 km

15.7 km

2.62 km

274 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 8 July

39°C

18°C

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Comments

May 18, 2023,Tag 15 - Ein Teil von Talmont-Saint-Hilaire nach Marans

A small accident destroyed my GPS, so unfortunately the first 25 km from Talmont-Saint-Hilaire are missing. The route was 77km long in total. They were quite nice, paths, often in the forest, just behind the dunes. Not spectacular but nice. L'Aguillon on the coast was very pretty
From Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm, the Vendée has shown where it got its name from... it's …

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June 25, 2023,Tag 2: La Tranche-sur-Mer / Marans

From La Tranche to Marans and a little further. Through L'Aiguillon sur Mer and around the Baie de L'Aiguillon. Wide open country criss-crossed with many canals and meadows. Along the canal to Marans. Since there was no free accommodation there, we drove along the canal de Marans a La Rochelle and spent the night in the Trois Cedere. Very nice …

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Port of Marans – La Tranche-sur-Mer loop from Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm

Porte des Portes

Port of Marans

Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm cycle path

View of the Belle Henriette stilted footbridge

View towards Aguillon

La Tranche-sur-Mer

Casse de la Belle Henriette Nature Reserve

Aiguillon-sur-Mer Beach

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