Niort et sa Coulée Verte

From the graceful body of the Sèvre Niortaise flows the refreshing Coulée Verte traversed by the GR 36. Without ever leaving the shore, it is an invitation to walk or bike, to fish and to practice water sports. From the multiple walkways to the locks and mills to the Botanical Garden, the docks, the bridges and the Port Boinot, discover a green setting with soft landscapes and finish your walk at the gates of Magné, after a stopover under the centuries-old chestnut trees of La Roussille.
On his way, Galuchet is like a forest in the water planted at the gates of the city. This site of river banks, meadows, small wet woods welcomes today in its bosom the greatest heronniere of the South Deux-Sèvres, the Rosalie des Alpes (large protected beetle), the fried guinea fowl (flower with big mauve bells)…