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New Aquitaine
Niort
Arçais

Port d'Arçais – Maillezais Abbey loop from Arçais

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France
New Aquitaine
Niort
Arçais

Port d'Arçais – Maillezais Abbey loop from Arçais

Moderate

5.0

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Port d'Arçais – Maillezais Abbey loop from Arçais

02:46

42.9km

80m

Cycling

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

Last updated: August 24, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes a ferry crossing

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After 1.65 km for 34 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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192 m

Port d'Arçais

Highlight • Settlement

Starting point for the "wet" part of the Marais poitevin. On the port, we discover the narrow canals, the conches and the flat-bottomed boats. Picturesque.

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2

1.70 km

Very funny !

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3

2.92 km

Sèvre Niortaise River

Highlight • River

Very nice river landscape with many canals

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3.26 km

Footbridge over the Sèvre

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11.4 km

Port de Courdault

Lake

6

12.1 km

Port de Courdault

Highlight • Settlement

The port of Courdault was an important place of trade between the plain and the marsh, especially in the last century for the timber industry.

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7

12.2 km

Port and Canal of Courdault

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8

24.8 km

Maillezais Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

An abbey church, converted into a cathedral and an episcopal seat in 1317, was erected on this promontory from a monastery founded in 976. Before the drying of the Marais …

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25.1 km

Maillezais Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

10th century abbey on what was once an island in the Gulf of Pictons. nossites.vendee.fr/abbaye-de-maillezais/histoire-de-labbaye/labbaye-millenaire

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42.9 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.3 km

9.00 km

2.48 km

640 m

497 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

17.9 km

15.9 km

8.89 km

173 m

< 100 m

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Sunday 18 October

15°C

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