The best dog-friendly hikes and walks in Forêt Du Cellier

A bowl-shaped trail with a beautiful valley in its hollow. The climbs at both ends are slightly challenging.

A former fortified city, the citadel of Châteauceaux was destroyed in 1420 by the Duke of Brittany. Only the two entrance towers and the ruins of the old stronghold remain. At the time, the citadel represented 2.5 times the surface area of the citadel of Carcassonne. https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_et_ville_close_de_Champtoceaux

Built around 1840, it was destroyed by fire in 1900. It is also known as "The Burnt Mill." From here, you can see the Erdre Valley and the Mazerolles marshes.

"In memory of the four resistance fighters killed while escaping from the moving train from Rennes, which was taking them to deportation on the night of August 3-4, 1944. Jean-Marie L'AZOU was wounded at this location and executed on the morning of August 4, 1944, at La Sigoulière. Marcel LE DROGOFF and Pierre GAUTHIER were killed after jumping from the same train; Robert THOUÉMENT was found dead in a field before Pas de Mail. Monument built by the inhabitants of the village of Basloirs in 1947 and renovated in 1969." In Saint-Mars-du-Désert, 31 prisoners managed to escape from two different train cars. Four lost their lives. Following the Allied landings, the Germans organized the evacuation of the Sainte-Marguerite camps and the Jacques-Cartier prison in Rennes. The last convoy, 54 cattle cars, left Rennes on the morning of August 3. Nearly 2,000 resistance fighters, men and women of French, English, and American nationality, along with German deserters, were taken to Germany. In the afternoon, the train stopped in Nantes, where railway workers managed to smuggle tools to the prisoners. The following night, as they approached Saint-Mars-du-Désert, 31 prisoners managed to jump from the train... But a German patrol was stopped at the next level crossing... https://fr.geneawiki.com/wiki/44179_-_Saint-Mars-du-D%C3%A9sert_-_La_Nuit_du_3_au_4_ao%C3%BBt_1944

Archaeological site unearthed in 2020 by villagers who, while clearing a low wall, realized that they were on a vast terraced wall 60 meters long. These dry stone walls are spread out over a height of 40 meters on the hillside. The origin, probably Celtic, remains uncertain and the function very mysterious. Military? Agricultural? Religious? Druidic? A bit of everything at once? This complex is part of a very pleasant natural site on the banks of the Divatte River. Numerous picnic tables, toilets and drinking water.

Ruins of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste priory, belonging to the Marmoutier abbey, created in the 11th century The ruins visible on the site date from the modifications carried out in the 15th century; the priory collected rights on the mills and tolls on the Loire. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Priory was burned down by the infernal columns in March 1794.

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Shaded and narrow path with the necessary slope to make it technically very interesting. On the other hand, in winter, it can become a real quagmire and a real ordeal to get out of it!!