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Hiking in Charente-Maritime

127

routes

7.0 km

median distance

18 m

median elevation gain

Charente-Maritime shows the flattest ground in the catalogue after the Landes: a median gain of 18 metres. Marans and Dompierre-sur-Mer open onto the seaward Marais Poitevin, with its dead-straight channels and locks.

Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis and Surgères give the open, cereal-growing Aunis plain, where loops run long between villages with fortified Romanesque churches.

Saint-Jean-d'Angély, further east, opens onto the Boutonne valley and the start of the Saintonge, slightly more rolling, with vineyard and wet-meadow paths.

When to go — All year thanks to a mild climate and some of the best sunshine on the Atlantic coast; winter can leave the marshes partly flooded.

OpenRando lists 127 hiking routes in Charente-Maritime. The median distance is 7.0 km, and most routes fall between 2.7 and 12.4 km — from an afternoon loop to a full day out.

The terrain stays gentle: median elevation gain is 18 m, and even the hilliest routes rarely exceed 58 m. Good ground for long outings without the climbing.

The most common starting points cluster around: Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis, Surgères, Marans, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Dompierre-sur-Mer, Taugon. Every route comes with its GPX track, elevation profile and interactive map.

Longest routes in Charente-Maritime

  • Église Saint-Pierre d'Aulnay boucle à partir d'Aulnay23.9 km
  • Circuit de randonnée en boucle à partir de Coivert22.5 km
  • Boucle Quartier du Gabut – Point de vue sur le pont au départ de Dompierre-sur-Mer22.5 km

All routes in Charente-Maritime