"Le Château du Deffay" is located near the regional park of "la Grande Brière" and
near La Baule..
The regional park of "la Grande Brière" offers you guided tours, by foot, by bike, by horse,
with horse-drawn carriage, bike hiring…
Guided tour
From May to October, choose your tour by foot, by bike, with a barge, a few hours or a
half-day. Guided tours on the fauna and flora of the marsh, salterns, tales and songs while
jaunting..
By foot
You are offered a whole range of short distance walking itineraries to discover the "Brière". Experienced hikers can also walk round the
Brière in 3 days.
By bike
"Cap" by bike and "La Carene" by bike itineraries : 210km of marked itineraries to discover
the "Brière" and the surroundings.
By horse
• "Ker Rober" riding-centre
• "La Champagne" riding-farm
• "Landes de Cuneix" pony club
• "Le Sabot d’Or" riding-school
With horse-drawn carriage
• The fauna of the Brière
• The Arch of the Brière
• The horse-drawn carriages of the Brière
• Brière evasion
Bike hiring
21 rue de la Côte d’Amour in Saint-Lyphard
Prices: 10 € per day / 7 € per half-day
Cart hiring and child seat made available
Group prices possible
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Visits with your family
• The gardens of Errands
• The gardens of the Marshland
• The gardens of Kermoureau
Gastronomy cooking
• La Chaumière des Marais Herbignac
Menu from 18 to 62 € (gastronomic cooking)
• La Ferme du
Blanchot Crossac
Menu from 25 to 40 € (gastronomic cooking)
• La Mare Aux Oiseaux St Joachim
Menu from 40 to 85 € (gastronomic cooking)
Restaurateurs of France
• "Les Typhas" Inn – Menu from 19.90 to 46 € + à la carte (natural and gastronomy
cooking based on the one of the country of Brière and market fresh food)
• "Bréca" Inna – Menu from 27 to 52 € + à la carte, menu for children at 12 € (cooking with
local savours)
Traditional festivals
• Bread Festival > 5th July
• "The basket of the Devil" > 18th and 19th July
• Festival of the "Métais" > 20th July
• The "Anguillades" ( eel tasting) > 26th and 27th July
• The creature of the marsh > 1st and 2nd August
• Festival of flowered barges > 3rd August
• Festival of the "Brière" > 10th and 15th August
• French-American chamber music exchange > 10th to 19th August
• Threshing Festival > 17th August
• "La Trinquette" > 4th October
Markets (weekly)
• Monday morning: Montoir-de-Bretagne, Pontchateau
• Tuesday morning: Assérac (July & August),
Saint-Nazaire
• Wednesday morning: Herbignac, Missillac, Guérande
• Thursday morning: La Roche Bernard
• Friday morning: Saint-Nazaire
• Saturday morning: Guérande, Saint-Joachim
• Sunday morning: Saint-Nazaire
• Everyday: La Baule (except on Monday off-season and apart from holidays)
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