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Pays de la Loire

Fontenay-Le-Comte

Saint-Michel-En-L'Herm

Porte des Portes – Canal de Luçon loop from Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm

Pays de la Loire

Fontenay-Le-Comte

Saint-Michel-En-L'Herm

Porte des Portes – Canal de Luçon loop from Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm

Easy

4.0

(1)

8

riders

Porte des Portes – Canal de Luçon loop from Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm

01:56

35.3km

40m

Gravel riding

Easy gravel ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 16, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional du Marais poitevin

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

109 m

Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm

Highlight • Settlement

A traditional village on a marginally higher location in the coastal lowlands, between drainage canals and streams influenced by the tides.

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2

2.81 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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3

14.6 km

Les Guiffettes

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

4

17.1 km

Luçon Canal

Highlight • River

Track along the canal a bit bumpy. No shade the whole way.

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5

17.2 km

Cycle path from Triaize to Luçon

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Trail in catastrophic condition. No effort to promote cycle tourism in the region

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6

28.0 km

A sea of torch lilies

Highlight • Other

The torch lilies, also called rocket flowers, are a genus of plants in the subfamily of the Asphodel family, with about 70 species (Wikipedia).

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7

28.0 km

Portes du Chapître

Highlight • Other

The portes du chapître in the last decades of the 18th century made the canal more reliable and easier to navigate. While the massive human interventions to drain and make …

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8

28.0 km

Canal de Luçon

Highlight • River

B

35.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.3 km

11.3 km

5.38 km

3.05 km

138 m

133 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.9 km

7.94 km

6.01 km

4.97 km

506 m

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