Bourg-des-Comptes: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Château du Boschet was built between 1660 and 1680. The entire château, its outbuildings and the entire park, including courtyards, gardens, terraces and enclosures, are classified as a historic monument. The Circuit du Boschet offers numerous viewpoints over the Vilaine Valley and views of the Château du Boschet. The château contains a monumental staircase with white stone balusters. The Château du Boschet is open for visits year-round.

Culture and History

The present-day parish church of Notre-Dame in Bourg-des-Comptes was built in 1851 by the architect Charles-Louis Langlois. Its floor plan is in the shape of a Latin cross; it also has a square entrance bell tower with a stone spire and Gothic Revival architecture.

In 1224, Josselin de Montauban, Bishop of Rennes, transferred the church to Saint-Jacques de Montfort Abbey.

Nature

La Courbe is a nature area in Bourg-des-Comptes protected by the département and open to the public. The former La Courbe gravel pit consists of swampy willow thickets and wet woodland.

Bald cypresses grow at La Courbe, with above-ground root structures called pneumatophores.

La Courbe can be reached via Rue de la Visnonia, with a car park and a footpath along the Vilaine.

Trails

The Menhir de Grand Tua stands 30 metres southeast of the village of Prégaudais and is 4 metres high, 2.50 metres wide and 1 metre thick. The Circuit de la Réauté passes through a species-rich, protected natural area near La Courbe. It also passes by the Menhir de Grand Tua. The Menhir de Grand Tua is also known as Dent de Gargantua and is designated as a point of interest. The name Dent de Gargantua is linked to the local legend that Gargantua lost his teeth along the Vilaine and in the surrounding landscape while crossing the Vilaine Valley.

The Circuit des Biches follows an old Roman road with visible slate outcrops.

The GR39 includes a 13-kilometre first stage from La Courbe in Bourg-des-Comptes to Le Boël.

Other destinations: La Bazouge-Du-Désert, Saint-Marc-Sur-Couesnon, Clayes, Cesson-Sévigné, La Chapelle-Des-Fougeretz, Saint-Broladre, Saint-Germain-En-Coglès, Thourie

To the higher-level travel overview: Ille-Et-Vilaine.