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Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente – Saint-Vivien Church in Geay loop from Bords

Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente – Saint-Vivien Church in Geay loop from Bords

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Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente – Saint-Vivien Church in Geay loop from Bords

03:07

66.2km

300m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Includes movable bridges

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After 45.8 km for 46 m

After 46.3 km for 29 m

After 47.4 km for 25 m

After 50.0 km for 29 m

After 50.4 km for 46 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.4 km

Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente

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Labeled “Small town of character”, but also “Village of stones and water” (an expression which describes this village very well), Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente is a small picturesque village in the Saintonge Romane nestled in a meander of the Charente, nestled between the river and a limestone cliff. The town is remarkable for its houses built right on the water on the banks of the Charente, its district of troglodyte dwellings in the heights, some of which date back to the Gallo-Roman era, its river port, its old buildings and its churches, including the magnificent Romanesque church dating from the 13th century.

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16.5 km

Bois Brossard

Forest

20.1 km

Saint-Vivien Church in Geay

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The church was built in Romanesque style in the 12th century. It consists of a single nave with four bays, which can be entered via a landing and several steps. It is decorated with three tiers of semicircular arches separated by columnar buttresses (Musee du Patrimoine de France).

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30.2 km

Along the canal

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Quiet and partially shaded cycle path along the Canal du Freussin à la Charente which flows into the Charente at Houmé.

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46.5 km

Bougainville Marina

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North basin of the large Rochefort marina

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47.2 km

Bassin de Plaisance Lapérousse

Lake

48.3 km

Rochefort Maritime Arsenal

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In the 17th century, Louis XIV dreamed of reigning supreme on land and sea. To do this, he needs a place to build and arm his warships. In 1666, the Rochefort arsenal was established in the middle of the marshes, on the winding and silted course of the Charente. The royal rope factory, erected for the needs of manufacturing ropes for warships, is among its most emblematic buildings. The Rochefort Maritime Arsenal, nicknamed the “Versailles of the Sea”, was for a long time a place of technical innovation in shipbuilding. Between its opening and its final closure in 1927, nearly 550 warships were built there.
By crossing the Porte du Soleil de l'Arsenal, near the National Maritime Museum, you will be able to see two forms of refit, that is to say basins which were formerly used to clean and repair ships: The basin was filled with water to bring the ship in and then it was emptied in order to carry out repairs. One of its forms houses the hook, an activity for children. The other has long housed the shipyard of the Hermione, a replica of the French warship of the same name, a three-masted square ship in service from 1779 to 1793. But this ship is no longer here; she is in dry dock in Anglet to undergo treatment against a fungus which is attacking her hull.

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48.4 km