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Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente – Crazannes Castle loop from Préguillac

Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente – Crazannes Castle loop from Préguillac

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Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente – Crazannes Castle loop from Préguillac

02:59

69.7km

460m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

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After 40.4 km for 200 m

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12.9 km

Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes

Highlight • Religious Site

The Abbaye-aux-Dames is built around the church of Sainte-Marie, built in the twelfth century. Famous for its facade and its characteristic "pinecone" bell tower, it is one of the emblematic monuments of Saintonge's Romanesque art.
After several wars and fires, the place was restored in the 1970s and 1980s and is now a hotel.
When you walk through the long corridors you feel like you have been transported back to the time when the abbey was still alive.

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25.3 km

Château de Taillebourg

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Located on a rocky spur overlooking the Charente, Taillebourg has one of the oldest castles in the province of Saintonge. It was also one of the most important in the region in the Middle Ages. This stronghold will allow the city to assert its power and prosper thanks to its port and control of trade throughout the Middle Ages. According to a chronicler, the Château de Taillebourg hosted the wedding night of Louis, future king of France under the name Louis VII, with Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. Louis IX (future Saint Louis) made the castle his fortress to launch the attack against the King of England, Henry III. This victorious battle of July 21, 1242 became famous and was represented several centuries later by Delacroix, whose painting can be seen in the Battles gallery at the Palace of Versailles.
The castle which had endured all the sieges during the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of Religion was taken and destroyed during the Fronde in 1652. During the Revolution, it was sold in lots as national property. Having suffered from lack of maintenance, the building was the victim of a fire in 1822 and was largely destroyed. All that remains now are the ruins with the ramparts and a tower standing like an emaciated being. It now houses a park which is a haven of peace.
To access it from the banks of the Charente, you have to take a small detour through the town.

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32.8 km

Saint-Savinien Church and Statues of the Apostles

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Magnificent panorama from the forecourt of the church which has been adorned with statues of the 12 apostles in front of the entrance to the church, as well as two others representing children playing. A little further along the quays there are other statues. These modern creations are the work of Cédric Hénnion, a local sculptor who marvelously married a more modern style in an older setting. This young talent knows how to work both in grandiose settings like this one and in more intimate and personal atmospheres with an equally excellent talent. A real feast for the eyes where the old and the modern come together to the delight of walkers.

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33.1 km

Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente

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Labeled “Small town of character”, but also “Village of stones and water” (an expression which describes this village very well), Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente is a small picturesque village in the Saintonge Romane nestled in a meander of the Charente, nestled between the river and a limestone cliff. The town is remarkable for its houses built right on the water on the banks of the Charente, its district of troglodyte dwellings in the heights, some of which date back to the Gallo-Roman era, its river port, its old buildings and its churches, including the magnificent Romanesque church dating from the 13th century.

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40.5 km

Bois des Justices

Forest

41.7 km

The Stone Trails – The Stone of Crazannes

Highlight • Natural Monument

42.6 km

Saint-Pierre Church of Aulnay

Highlight • Religious Site

43.8 km

Crazannes Castle

Highlight • Castle

Built in the 14th century, the Château de Crazannes is listed as a Historic Monument. It belonged to the Comte de Caravaz, Jules Gouffier, who inspired Perrault for the creation of the master of Puss in Boots, the Marquis de Carabas. A rereading of the tale is essential before visiting the castle and its magnificent garden!

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47.0 km

Saint Saturnin of Séchaud

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Charming little town remarkable for its church, having undergone numerous alterations including its facade, but the oldest part of which dates back to the beginning of the 12th century; and by its castle of the provostship.
You will notice that the weather vane of its bell tower is a French flag. Indeed, under the 2nd Republic (1848-1852), a patriotic impulse resulted, with the agreement of the religious authorities, in the installation of flags on the bell towers of the churches. The St Saturnin church is one of the rare towns in the department to have kept this symbol.

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56.3 km

Hippodrome gallo-romain

Archaeological Site

68.9 km

Mare des Olliveaux

Lake

69.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

64.1 km

3.50 km

1.68 km

217 m

148 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

63.7 km

5.74 km

146 m

126 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 26 August

25°C

18°C

53 %

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Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente – Crazannes Castle loop from Préguillac

Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes

Château de Taillebourg

Saint-Savinien Church and Statues of the Apostles

Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente

The Stone Trails – The Stone of Crazannes

Saint-Pierre Church of Aulnay

Crazannes Castle

Saint Saturnin of Séchaud

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