Niort Marais poitevin – Vallée de la Sèvre Niortaise Tourist Office offers practical informations to book and organize your trip in Niort and in the Marais Poitevin, “Grand Site de France”.Gites, hotels, guest houses, campsites… come and relax in a quiet place, over the river Sèvre Niortaise and its castles. Ride by boat, by walk or by bike : conquer the Green Venice. Discover animations, activities, sites you must see, restaurants… to move during your next holidays between plain and marsh.
Built in the 15th century on a rocky spur, in the middle of a thousand-year-old forest, the castle, the jewel of Saintonge, was transformed into a residence of pleasure in the 17th century by the Marquis Jean-Louis de Courbon.
Discover a place inhabited, furnished and named by Pierre Loti Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant. To see: a cabinet of paintings on wood (1662).
Guided tour: 45 minutes (castle closed on Thursday, from 15 Sept. to 30 April).
Walk in the French gardens partially restored on stilts, Prehistozen route (from 1 May to 30 Sept.) to access the caves in the natural scenery of the Bruant ice valley, Museum of Prehistory, ancient wooden games, exhibition on the history of the gardens of the Roche Courbon.
Escape-game rooms: the Marquis’s Room, the Tower of Time and the Hiding Place. In 60 minutes, try to escape from the room in which you are locked!
Discover a place inhabited, furnished and named by Pierre Loti Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant. To see: a cabinet of paintings on wood (1662).
Guided tour: 45 minutes (castle closed on Thursday, from 15 Sept. to 30 April).
Walk in the French gardens partially restored on stilts, Prehistozen route (from 1 May to 30 Sept.) to access the caves in the natural scenery of the Bruant ice valley, Museum of Prehistory, ancient wooden games, exhibition on the history of the gardens of the Roche Courbon.
Escape-game rooms: the Marquis’s Room, the Tower of Time and the Hiding Place. In 60 minutes, try to escape from the room in which you are locked!
