Terre-Nègre Lighthouse – Promenade des Deux Phares loop from Saint-Palais-sur-Mer
Terre-Nègre Lighthouse – Promenade des Deux Phares loop from Saint-Palais-sur-Mer
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Terre-Nègre Lighthouse – Promenade des Deux Phares loop from Saint-Palais-sur-Mer
01:53
43.7km
180m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. 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 11, 2026
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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 31.6 km for 184 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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3.24 km
Our Lady of the Aviators Chapel in Saint-Palais
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Having become too small to accommodate all the faithful, the chapel underwent some modifications in 1908, in particular an enlargement, and the stone nave gave way to a longer and much wider brick nave. Monsignor Augouard, Bishop of Congo-Brazzaville blesses the Chapel again for the occasion.
Following the feat of Louis Blériot crossing the English Channel in an airplane in 1909, the chapel then dedicated to Notre Dame became the chapel of the Aviators and then a little later that of the Sailors. When Joseph Odelin died in 1927, the chapel was offered to the diocese. During the Second World War and like the Royan coast, the bombings did not spare the chapel of the airmen, rebuilt in 1947.
Created in 2005, the association of Friends of Notre Dame du Platin has the mission of bringing to life and maintaining the Chapel of the Aviators. Masses are celebrated there throughout the summer and the pilgrimage at the end of August closes the summer season.
On the occasion of the guided tour of the Sentier des Douaniers, we invite you to discover the interior of the chapel and admire the models of planes it houses, offerings also called ex-voto.
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3.41 km
Terre-Nègre Lighthouse
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Located on the tip of Terre-Nègre, in the town of Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, in Charente-Maritime, it is intended to mark the southern pass of the Gironde estuary and to signal the presence of a bench of dangerous sand, the "English bar".
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10.9 km
Promenade des Deux Phares
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11.5 km
Plage de la Palmyre
Beach
13.0 km
Plage de Bonne Anse
Beach
15.7 km
Shaded Cycle Path Along Baie de Bonne Anse
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17.5 km
View of the Coubre Lighthouse from the dune
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The Coubre lighthouse watches over maritime traffic in the Gironde estuary.
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21.7 km
Along the sea with rolling hills
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31.6 km
The Promenade of the Two Lighthouses
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40.3 km
Saint Palais sur mer lighthouse
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Built at the beginning of the 20th century, it replaced the old Saint-Pallais church, which was considered too cramped at the time. It took the name of the old church, which owes it to a bishop of Saintes from the 6th century, Palladius.
This neo-Romanesque church was built between 1909 and 1911 under the leadership of Abbot Léon Gerbier and under the direction of the architect Georges Naud, in order to replace the old church located a few meters further away, which had become insufficient for worship.
The sanctuary, very simple, is in the shape of a Latin cross. It has a nave with four bays, a wide transept and a flat chevet pierced by three bays decorated with stained glass windows made by the Bordeaux master glazier Gustave-Pierre Dagrant. These stained glass windows represent Saint Peter and Saint Simon, framing the patron saint of the church, Saint Pallais, twelfth bishop of Saintes in the 6th century. Other stained glass windows of the same design adorn the transepts, while those in the nave bear the signature of master glassmaker Van-Guy.
The interior of the building is entirely timber-framed, and some sculptures adorn certain capitals.
The façade has a semicircular arched portal with six arches framed by two blind arcades, in a style reminiscent of the Saintonge Romanesque style.
The bell tower is limited to an orifice pierced at the top of the façade.
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43.7 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
29.6 km
9.41 km
3.71 km
510 m
408 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
39.7 km
3.36 km
333 m
262 m
< 100 m
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