View over Talmont-sur-Gironde – Le Port loop from Meschers-sur-Gironde

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View over Talmont-sur-Gironde – Le Port loop from Meschers-sur-Gironde

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View over Talmont-sur-Gironde – Le Port loop from Meschers-sur-Gironde

03:12

12.7km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc naturel marin de l'Estuaire de la Gironde et de la Mer des Pertuis

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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29 m

Saint Saturnin Church, Meschers

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Church rebuilt in 1837, the bell tower being the only remnant of the 15th century building. In the Flamboyant Gothic style, it has the particularity of having retained the general …

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924 m

Carrelets - fishermen's huts at the harbor

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🏠 What are carrelets?

• Wooden huts built on stilts directly on the water
• Connected by a long wooden walkway from the shore or cliffs
• Equipped with a …

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950 m

Cycle path on the Marais

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Gravel - easy to ride

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2.53 km

A short stroll

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Easy

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6.03 km

Sainte-Radegonde Church

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The Sainte-Radegonde church, built from the 11th century, would have been a stage on one of the roads to Santiago de Compostela. You could be forgiven for mistaking this church …

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6.32 km

Talmont-sur-Gironde is named one of the most beautiful villages in France, with good reason
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15 km south of Royan, on a rocky promontory overlooking the Gironde estuary, Talmont has …

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10.1 km

View over Talmont-sur-Gironde

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Impregnable view on this atypical village. Below some swans and in the distance a promised refreshment!

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11.8 km

Le Port

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The port of Meschers is essentially a marina. It is also a popular place for walks where many places can be admired. The view extends to the Médoc coast and …

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12.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.1 km

1.40 km

742 m

499 m

Surfaces

3.51 km

2.64 km

2.46 km

2.21 km

1.88 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 5 November

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Comments

April 26, 2022,En Saintonge (15) - Dans les marais de Meschers sur Gironde à Talmont

A walk on a cycle path in the marshes along the estuary from the port of Meschers to that of Talmont.
The iodized air of the sea, squares in rows of onions lost in the middle of nowhere, superb pastures colonized sometimes by seagulls, egrets and herons, sometimes by sheep (the famous local salt meadow), ponds cleaned and clean as …

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