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.
Leave for more than 3 hours of visit, between harmony and serenity. Built in the 15th century. on a rocky outcrop, the castle of La Roche Courbon, a jewel of Saintonge, was transformed into a pleasure residence in the 17th century. by the young Marquis Jean-Louis de Courbon. Located in the middle of a millennial forest, this protective site cultivates an art of living since the seventeenth century. Come discover an inhabited castle, fully furnished and decorated period. Between the cabinet of paintings, the balcony, the room or the dining room, you will feel the well-being of an authentic classified house. This house was also baptized by Pierre Loti Castle Sleeping Beauty. Not to be missed: a remarkable cabinet of paintings on wood (1662). Visit exclusively guided: 45 mn (castle closed on Thursday, from September 15th to May 15th).