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the Gois…
Probably unique in the world, the passage du Gois contains links to Noirmoutier Iie at low tide. Many tourists come to admire this magnificent site and breathe clean air and iodine. Near the shore, sea rising, one never tires of seeing disappear in a few hours, the long road of 4 150 meters.
The current road is passable for about a century, but pedestrians are aware of this path for a long time. The crossing is possible 1:30 before to 1.30 after the low sea Gois also the joy of many fishermen who walk can find clams, cockles and other shellfish.

the Marais
For centuries, men have committed tore into the sea of land. They were protected by dikes and drained by a complex network of canals. It remains today a landscape, an ecosystem, a particular culture.
Five étiers drain the marshes of the township. Stranding four port installed in the estuaries are still active. Wearing a mouthpiece said port is a Chinese site.
The marsh water management is entrusted to unions. This is to prevent the flooding of the lowest and retain enough water for the tide to the salt basins and conchyliculteurs. On the meadows of marsh animals are bred with high quality.
Étiers, SE, ditches, old salt fauna very rich (otters, genets, coypu, eels, frogs, birds of prey, shorebirds, wading birds and fowl).
Vast landscapes of meadows and water and changing light and reflections delight observers, painters, photographers and poets. It is also a delight for walkers and cyclists who can borrow small quiet roads and paths of the marsh.