The Salt Marsh Trail from Mont-Saint-Michel

Why not start your adventure towards Compostela from Mont-Saint-Michel? This extraordinary place is home to an important shrine and is linked to numerous pilgrimage routes. Among these, our guide recommends taking the one that heads south via Rennes.

 

The route follows the Vilaine, then converges at Blain with several Breton paths. From there, it crosses Nantes and its vineyards, then the Vendée Bocage. After a brief incursion into the Marais Poitevin, it crosses the Vendée plain and Saintonge. At Saint-Jean-d'Angély, you join the Chemin de Tours, the Atlantic route to Compostela.

This journey will take you from the Channel coast to the Atlantic coast, through landscapes of marsh and bocage, where the vivid memory of the civil wars of the Revolution still lurks.

 

But as you leave the Bocage Vendéen, the vast plains with their distant horizons will remind you of the goal of your journey. At the junction of your route with the Camino de Tours, the call to Compostela will grow louder and louder... You'll find a precise description of the itinerary, 1:500,000 topographical maps, a list of accommodation and cultural and historical notes, so you can set off with complete peace of mind.

 

The Lepère guide includes:

• A verified route, walked by seasoned walkers with 20 years' experience
• A precise description of the route
• A presentation of the stages
• Altitude profiles
• 1:50,000 scale topographical maps
• Maps of the main towns
• Lists of accommodation
• Cultural and historical information

Features :

• Edition: 2023
• Language : French
• Dimensions : 20 X 13 cm
• Number of pages : 148
• Weight : 0.170 kgs
• Publisher : François Lepere editions