Fall in love with slow travel as you explore the Marais Poitevin by boat and bike.
Tree branches tickle the surface of a tiny canal while a small wooden punt lazily parts the duckweed. No, we’re not in the Wind in the Willows. We’re in the Marais Poitevin – France’s ‘Venice Vert’ or Green Venice.
This man-made maze of streams, rivers and canals was shaped by generations of market gardeners – and it’s perfect for back-to-nature biking and boating.
A marshland second only in size to the Camargue, this ‘Grand Site de France’ on the Atlantic coast is protected for wildlife and unique cultural history. 10th century Benedictine monks were
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