Pléchâtel: holiday apartments and houses

Pléchâtel combines nature experiences, landscapes and culture in various ways. Signposted paths, historic buildings, viewpoints and activities on the Vilaine give the area a diverse profile.

Hiking

The Circuit de la Croix des Jeunes is a 5-kilometre circular route signposted in both directions, with a walking time of around 1 hour and 40 minutes. The route is marked in yellow and is fairly easy for hikers, but technically demanding for mountain bikers.

The Circuit de la Pierre Longue is a 10-kilometre route signposted in both directions, with a walking time of around 2 hours and 30 minutes. It is considered very easy and is marked in red. During periods of flooding, there are some wet areas that are partly impassable. The route starts in a car park on the right, just before the La Halte du Volcan restaurant.

The Circuit de Mainténiac is easy for everyone to walk and has two wet sections. The Circuit du Rocher d’Uzel is more demanding: the 12- to 13-kilometre hiking trail climbs more than 300 metres in elevation through woodland and countryside to the Rocher d’Uzel viewpoint near the Vilaine.

Culture and history

The Levée de Pléchâtel has a high-level path cut into the rock, with benches made from the exposed stone, as well as chapels and statues. The promenade was laid out in winter 1812 as a path carved into slate; during its construction, Abbé Lohier de La Motte employed people in need and unemployed workers.

The priory of Pléchâtel was formerly owned by the monks of Redon and came into the possession of the lordship of Plessis-Bardoult in 1688. Services were held in the priory chapel, dedicated to Saint Martin, from 1086 onwards; monks lived in the priory until the end of the 17th century.

The construction of the Moulin de Quenouard dates back to 1383. The facility initially served as a fulling mill and later as a grain mill. The La Pierre Longue menhir is visibly 4.80 metres high and has an estimated mass of 12 to 15 tonnes. It stands at the hamlet of Le Châtellier on a hiking trail, 400 metres south of the Moulin de Quénouard. The Manoir de la Touche is a building from the late 16th or early 17th century. The La Touche estate includes a chapel, a well, a bread oven and an outbuilding.

The present-day Église Saint-Pierre was built further south from 1885 onwards by Henri Mellet and completed around 1894. It is a Neo-Romanesque church with a porch tower and semicircular apse; its stained-glass windows from 1890 were made in the Meuret workshop in Nantes. The new church in Pléchâtel was consecrated on 15 November 1891. The Chapelle du Châtellier has a Neo-Romanesque structure with rib vaulting, a façade campanile and a semicircular apse.

Landscape

The Pont de Cambrée offers panoramic views over the Vilaine Valley. From the Pont de la Charrière, there is a view of the confluence of the Vilaine and Semnon. The Rocher d’Uzel is an elevated viewpoint overlooking the Vilaine Valley.

The Chêne de Breslon oak has a short trunk with a circumference of more than 6 metres.

Activities

La Plage in Pléchâtel offers canoeing, kayaking, pedal boating and stand-up paddleboarding.

The Vélo Promenade® No. 19 „Between the Vilaine and Semnon“ is a challenging 25-kilometre cycle touring route starting in Pléchâtel.

Other places

Other places: La Bouëxière, Saint-Aubin-D'aubigné, Retiers, Muel, Saint-M'hervé, Vitré, Tressé, Vezin-Le-Coquet

To the main travel overview: Ille-Et-Vilaine.