5 Things You Must Do in the Marais Poitevin, Episode 321
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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This episode features our frequent and very popular guest Elyse Rivin. If you enjoy her episodes, please consider supporting her on Patreon.
Le Marais Poitevin is also known as La Venise Verte and it's a lovely piece of France between Niort and La Rochelle not far from the Atlantic ocean.
Full show notes for this episode are here: https://joinusinfrance.com/321
Officially some of it is in the Loire region and some of it in the Aquitaine region. The name means “the marsh of the Poitou” but everyone just calls it Marais Poitevin or Green Venice because of the boat rides. It’s a place most French people have heard of and lots of us visit every year, but it's not as popular with foreign visitors. I don’t know why that is because it’s a wonderful place where you can enjoy nature, bike rides, bucolic walks and fun boat rides. It’s gorgeous and restful. Both Elyse and I have been there and if you click play you’ll soon understand why we love it so much!
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Discussed in this Episode
- Marais Poitevin
- Venise Verte
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale Michel Brosselin
- Marans
- Sansais
- Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
- Maillezais
- Maillé
- Damvix
- Saint-Sigismond
- Le Mazeau
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| 0:00.0 | This is |
| 0:02.0 | in France, episode 321. |
| 0:04.0 | Bonjou, I'm Annie Sergeant, |
| 0:06.0 | and today I bring you a conversation with Elise |
| 0:09.0 | about the Marie Poet du V'Vant, |
| 0:11.0 | also known as La Venise Véchte. |
| 0:15.0 | This is a lovely piece of France between Nior and La Rochelle, |
| 0:20.0 | not too far from the Atlantic coast. |
| 0:22.8 | So we'll do an episode about La Rochelle specifically |
| 0:26.1 | that will come out in a couple of weeks. |
| 0:28.4 | The name, Marie Poitouvain, means the marsh of the Poitou. But everyone calls it |
| 0:34.7 | Marie Poitouvin or green Venice in English because there are boat rides. |
| 0:40.0 | It's a place most French people have heard of and lots of us visit every year, but it's not as popular with foreign visitors. |
| 0:49.0 | I don't know why that is because it's a wonderful place where you can enjoy nature, bike rides, |
| 0:54.7 | bucolic walks and lots of fun boat rides. It's gorgeous and restful. Both |
| 1:00.8 | Elise and I have been there and you'll soon understand why we enjoyed it so much. |
| 1:06.0 | If you like what we do here at join us in France, which is always talk about France, |
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| 1:24.0 | a lease art eel y s a r t and you can support also by visiting join us in |
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