The best walks and hikes around Ventes-Saint-Rémy

The Garennerie path, located in Saint-Saëns, in Seine-Maritime, is a picturesque trail that crosses bucolic landscapes typical of the Normandy countryside. The path, which winds through the Fond de Maucomble between pastures and forest, is appreciated for its calm and its views of the surrounding landscapes.

The Eawy Forest, located in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy, is one of the largest and oldest forests in the region. It covers approximately 7,000 hectares and is part of the vast Normandy forest massif. This forest is best known for its majestic beech groves, sometimes centuries-old beech trees that dominate the landscape. It is home to a wide variety of fauna and flora, offering an environment conducive to walks, hikes and discoveries.

This small path on the edge of the Eawy forest joins the Val de Boulogne, 40 meters lower, the slope is therefore severe. Be careful to take the right path, the highest on the hillside because there are a few paths a little lower down which will lead you to a dead end. Here are some photos to help you!

The chapel of the blessed is located on the heights of Saint-Saëns. Believers or not come there for their children. The building would have the power to make babies walk! At the foot of the statue of Saint-Saëns, we sometimes find baby shoes, proof of the passage of parents worried about their children.

On this route you will find signs telling you the characteristics, names and stories of the tree species present. You can also appreciate the wolverine, a true symbol of the Eawy Forest. The schoolchildren's path goes around the clearing of Camp Souverain where the Bernardine sisters once stayed.

It is to Gabriel de Limoges that we owe the Allée des Limousins. The latter crosses the Eawy forest for 14 km from Maucomble to Muchedent. According to the archives of the National Forestry Office, it took its name from the Sapeurs de l'Empire, originally from Limousin. They would have pierced the alley around 1811 on the occasion of the planting of the Garden of the King of Rome at Ventes-Saint-Rémy in honor of the son of Napoleon I.

This magnificent 7,000 ha Pays de Bray forest is one of the largest beech forests in France. In all seasons, it offers magnificent panoramas and colors ideal for walks and all nature activities. Whether on foot, by bike or on horseback, you will appreciate the magnificent beech trees, some of which are remarkable, and will probably have the chance to come across a wild animal (deer, deer, fawn, wild boar, etc.). This forest has the particularity of being crossed by the Allée des Limousins, a rectilinear breakthrough of 14 km.

The church, with a mixed structure and an elongated plan, has a long-sided roof covered with slates. The characteristic bell tower of Norman churches is crowned with a polygonal spire. The interior is covered with ribbed vaults as well as a false semi-circular barrel vault.