Distance: 13.3 km
Average duration) : 01h
Level: Medium
Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine
Labeled FFRandonnée
13,3 km including 2,6 km of road, signposted clockwise. By variant 1: 4,5km including 2,6 km of road By variant 2: 6km including 2,7km of road Note, specific markings within the forest: orange then ladybug (discovery trail)
Numerous connection possibilities. Avoid Thursdays in the forest during hunting season.
From this village which dominates a loop of the Vilaine, join by pleasant paths a magnificent forest: the Corbière. This forest is a Sensitive Natural Area managed by the Department of Ille et Vilaine, for the richness and fragility of its flora and fauna. This forest offers many possibilities for walking and has an interpretive trail (follow the ladybug markings from the Forest car park).
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Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine
From this village which dominates a loop of the Vilaine, join by pleasant paths a magnificent forest: the Corbière. This forest is a Sensitive Natural Area managed by the Department of Ille et Vilaine, for the richness and fragility of its flora and fauna. This forest offers many possibilities for walking and has an interpretive trail (follow the ladybug markings from the Forest car park).
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House with two turrets. This schist, sandstone, granite, brick and plaster house was built around the XNUMXth XNUMXth century. It has a semi-circular arched porch and two corbelled turrets. It was once the entrance to the La Cour manor. This type of construction is intended to be close to the gatehouses.
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Saint Jean sur Vilaine offers a beautiful area for strolling, relaxing and picnicking with tables on the banks of the Vilaine river
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The forest of Corbière is worth a detour. In the Middle Ages, along with the forests of Rennes, Liffré and Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier, it formed a strategic area of exchanges but also of clashes between the Dukes of Brittany and the King of France. not filled, logging, but also fishing and milling (large artificial pond, rehabilitated mill, remains of the old keeper's house which governed the activities), wide fire defense tracks have been built there. The ONF and the department ensure sustainable management there in order to preserve the naturalistic richness of the whole while allowing public access on marked paths.
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Remarkable tree: the Douglas pine. Tallest tree in the forest