The area around Fougères is full of lush beech and oak forests (Fougères, Haute-Sève and Rumignon woods in St Aubin du Cormier, Villecartier Forest in Bazouges-la-Pérouse, La Motte woods in St Brice en Coglès). All are suitable for walking and various other outdoor activities.

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26 hectares of flora and vegetation characteristic of a wet acidic habitat provide ideal conditions for the development of a rich and varied fauna (insects, birds, Poitou mules) 

Maison de la Tourbière - 42 rue de la Mairie

35 133 Parigné

Tel: +33 2 99 97 36 54

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This site presents a mosaic of different natural habitats (woodlands, marshes, meadows, peat bogs) and is therefore very rich from the ecology point of view.

In the communes of Billé, Parcé et Combourtillé

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In the commune of Dompierre du Chemin, Roland’s leap was the first sensitive natural space on the Breton Marchlands. The dramatic landscape, with its high cliffs, reaching 173m and the wooded slopes leading to the valley floor and Saint Blaise’s stream will stimulate the walker’s or rock-climber’s imagination. 

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You will be surprised by the well-preserved « bocage » landscape, with its magnificent hedges, its narrow lanes with high embanked hedges on either side, woods, meadows, crops. Granite boulders lie strewn across the landscape.

Departure point: Mouilin de Colas. Ajoncs d’or room.

Length: 6 or 10 km, time: 3 hours.

Signs: a yellow line

70 % of the paths are on earth or ballast

The pedagogical signposts all along this cross-country route will provide all the keys you need to explore the remarkable architectural features and the landscape.

Maison pierres et nature - 35 420 Mellé

Tel: +33 2 99 17 14 24