Scillé: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Scillé showcases its natural landscape on the “Les deux sources” circular trail, which offers panoramic views extending to the Atlantic coast. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Scillé can focus their accommodation search on this location.

Nature

The “Les deux sources” circular trail includes the source of the Ruisseau des Fougères stream and the Fontaine de la Bource.

At Les Fougères, a spring that flows year-round supplies a fountain, a washhouse and a livestock watering trough. At La Crétinière, the Ruisseau de La Crétinière rises; it separates the municipalities of Scillé and Le Busseau.

The “Chemins creux et fermes fortifiées” circular trail passes through fields bordered by hedgerows.

Culture and History

The Church of Saint Hilaire in Scillé was devastated during the Wars of Religion, rebuilt in 1600 and fitted with a flat-ended chancel. The Logis de La Verdonnière dates from 1619 and is arranged around an enclosed square courtyard with a well.

The fortified Saint Marc farm is part of the “Chemins creux et fermes fortifiées” circular trail. Of the former Saint Marc estate, only one tower of the wall flanked by four towers remains; it protects the entrance. The “Chemins creux et fermes fortifiées” circular trail begins at the church square.

The Moulin à drap produced cloth. It was later converted to flour production.

The Église Notre-Dame-de-Bouin is located in the vicinity of Scillé.

Further afield in the wider region around Scillé are the Château du Lac. Also located in the wider regional area around Scillé are the Manoir des sciences museum and the Château de l'Évaudière.

More local pages: Saint-Vincent-La-Châtre, Bouin, La Chapelle-Thireuil, Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes, Neuvy-Bouin, Argenton-L'eglise, Boussais, La Chapelle-Pouilloux.

To the higher-level travel overview: Deux-Sèvres.