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Green Venice of the Marais Poitevin Must-see
A network of canals shaded by pollarded ash trees, to explore by traditional flat-bottomed boat, the tourist heart of the wet marsh.
See on the map →Nicknamed the "Green Venice", the Marais Poitevin unfolds a maze of canals shaded by pollarded ash trees, to explore by traditional flat-bottomed boat between Niort and the Atlantic coast.
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Coulon Must-see
The gateway village to the Marais Poitevin, with its white houses with colourful shutters bordering the Sèvre Niortaise.
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Marais Poitevin Regional Nature Park
France's second-largest wetland, between the wet marsh with its shaded canals and the dry marsh devoted to agriculture.
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Village of La Garette
A small village of boatmen on the banks of the Sèvre Niortaise, typical of the wet marsh's architecture.
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