At Lake Baron-Desqueyroux , the leisure area open 7 days 7 offers a wide range of activities supervised by qualified personnel : archery, sailing, stand up paddle.
The leisure centre « Montendre Ville Club » offers different kinds of activities such as canoeing, cycling, tennis, golf a.s.o. For details call 05 46 49 00 94 or 05 46 49 46 45. Canoes and pedal boats are also available for rent. Free activities such as speedminton, badminton and speedball will also be offered to you.

Around this open-air base, you will have access to a municipal pool, a boulodrome, a playground, a fishing area as well as a natural space where you will discover numerous walking and cycling trails. It is also a popular stop for horse riders thanks to the specific equipment present on site (hut, picnic tables, bins, fastening bar).
At last, just a few meters away, you can venture out to Mysterra, the 7 labyrinths park, new concept of ecological and flexible labyrinths where you will try to solve riddles with the help of a tablet or smartphone.

Montendre and the canton of Montendre take great pride in providing a large range of activities and entretainment during the summer months so that your holidays will be most memorable ones. For details please contact the office de tourisme 05 46 49 46 45 or montendre Ville Club 05 46 49 00 94.

The municipality of Montendre and the association Serial Azimut Saintongeais, with the help of the French orienteering federation, have set up an orienteering area at Lake Baron-Desqueyroux.
This activity and its functioning are rather simple. Like an orienteering race, the principle is to walk from a map in order to find, while moving, checkpoints marked by punching beacons installed here and there, in places that are more or less easy to detect, at the bottom of a slope, in the middle of brambles or ferns, in the shade of a pine tree or by a stream...

The aim is to develop a sense of direction and location and to practice an outdoor sporting activity. The courses are suitable for a wide audience. With friends, family, schools and colleges, leisure centres, everyone will be able to take part in the various tours. Four tours have been defined, with different levels of difficulty, depending on whether you are more or less experienced in this activity.

Maps of the routes are available at the Town Hall during opening hours, at Mysterra, the 7 Labyrinths Park and online here : www.club-co17.com/index.php/les-eso-ppo/ppo.html#montendre

Departures are from Mysterra, the 7 Labyrinths Park.

A single storey house in a rural setting, five minutes by car from the town of Chalais.
Ideal for people with disabilities. Room with a double bed and a private bathroom. Breakfast served on the veranda overlooking the garden. Dinner available on request. Bed and breakfast that can accommodate 2 people.

An ideal spot for safe swimming, sunbathing, for fishing, canoeing, walking or simply observing nature.

To know more about the 9 hole golf-links please contact 05 46 04 45 35
Golfers will find quality of maintenance, golfing interest and accessibility for all levels. The association, run by a handful of enthusiasts, guarantees simplicity and conviviality. We provide a simple and warm welcome on an ideal site for the discovery of golf.
Information : 09.81.14.61.90
Courses from 1 to 5 days.
Group or individual courses.
Group or individual initiations.
Collective discovery of golf.

Description :
9 holes per 31 - 1813 m
Pitch & Putt certified FFG (French Golf Federation)
Training area of 700m²
Practice : 6 indoor & 8 outdoor stations.
3-hole course for beginners.

FREE LOAN OF EQUIPMENT

Tourterelles gîte is a large family house, fully renovated.
The house can accommodate 12 guests for good times with family or friends.
The garden offer a swimming pool (7x4m) heated from April 15 to October 15, with a fence and a mobile shelter.
The whole area is totally private, in a green and wooded setting, surrounded by a fence and a hedge.

Dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, this Romanesque church was mutilated during the Hundred Years' War and sacked by the Calvinists. It was subsequently restored and given large buttresses in the 15th century. Today, it is a listed building.
Its stained glass windows are not of the period. They were rebuilt using 12th century methods and materials. That is to say, stained glass windows without colours, white on white, with simple assemblies of medallions, symbols of plants and crosses.

There is no account of why the church was dedicated to St Lawrence. Only the story of this saint remains. He was a fervent believer, a deacon of the church in Rome in the 3rd century AD, who was arrested and burned alive for refusing to hand over the church's treasures to the emperor Valerian. One of the stained glass windows in the building tells the story of St. Lawrence's martyrdom when he was attacked by fire.

Apart from the old wash houses, one in rue de Bagatelle and one in rue de Saint- Pierre, there is a very unusual, 2-level well in rue de Saint Savin

Independent gîte with private swimming pool, near two other gites, in the heart of a landscaped environment and in the heart of nature.
Ground floor: kitchen / dining room, living room, one bedroom with 140 bed, one bedroom with 140 bed + 2 bunk beds, bathroom, shower room with wc, linen room. Upstairs: mezzanine, one bedroom with double bed. Two covered terraces, private courtyard and garden 2000 m2, private swimming pool with alarm, table tennis. Common land of 6 ha with pond for fishing, Poitou donkeys. Mechanical center of Haute Saintonge 4 km.

Independent single storey gîte with private swimming pool, near two other gites.
Kitchen / dining room, living room, wc, shower room, two bedrooms each with double bed, one bedroom with 2 single beds. Wood supplied for the fireplace. Cot and high chair available. Heating to be paid on site (on statement). Covered and uncovered terraces, private garden 5000 m2 with swimming pool (with alarm) and portico. Ping-pong, table football. Common land 6 ha with pond for fishing, Poitou donkeys. Mechanical center of Haute Saintonge 4 km.

Located in the François Mitterrand Cultural Centre, an air-conditioned room with digital technology, Dolby-Stereo surround.

The protestant church used to be part of Montendre castle and was left to the town by its former proprietors, the de La Rochefoucauld family.

Facing the townhall, this former Ironmonger shop is now starting it's "3rd commercial life" by integrating a wine and beer shop at the heart of the restaurant. The kitchen gets inspiration from tradition and travels. Come, let's enjoy some quality time!

Overlooking the town there are 2 mediaeval towers, remains of Montendre castle and from where the view over the town and its surroundings is wondreful.
On the hill overlooking the town, surrounded by a pleasant park with tree-lined paths and a 2000 seat open-air theatre stand the 2 remaining towers of Montendre castle.

Le ferme de Rose offers its goat cheeses for direct sale at the farm every day, from 11am to noon, from March to November.
Goat breeding and cheese production directly on the farm. The rose farm is also present on the local markets: Chalais on Monday morning. As well as at the "Le Marché Fermier" store in Chalais.
Free access to the goat park.

Head towards Rioux-Martin and stop at the town hall picnic area. Behind the building, gardens and a playground await you to spend a pleasant moment with your family.
As for the picnic, you can enjoy it on the grass or on the two tables at your disposal. There are also a few shady spots to avoid sunburn.

The room is 4.5 metres high and can be reached via a spiral staircase. The four-poster bed made of chestnut branches is sure to please.
Spacious and cosy, it opens onto a terrace suspended in the middle of the trees... ideal for a romantic evening drink by candlelight and breakfast in the morning with the birds and squirrels.



The hut is accessible to children from 10 years old.



The Isabelle hut is equipped with dry toilets but your key gives you access to a private shower room where you can leave your toiletries.



Breakfast for 2 people is included. Your basket will be attached to the end of the rope at the time of your choice and you will only have to hoist it up to you thanks to the small pulley. Inside you will find (per person): coffee, tea or chocolate, fruit juice, organic yoghurt, half a baguette, butter, home-made jam and fruit.

Suspended from an oak tree 10 metres high, accessible by a staircase and a small monkey bridge, this sequoia hut will appeal to the most adventurous.
The trunk of the tree runs through the hut, offering total immersion in the oak tree that shelters you. Seeing without being seen is the feeling you get from the terrace.

It is open to children aged 15 and over.

The Maya hut is equipped with dry toilets but your key gives you access to a private shower room where you can leave your toiletries.

Breakfast for two is included. Your basket will be attached to the end of the rope at the time of your choice and you will just have to hoist it up to you thanks to the small pulley. You will find inside (per person): coffee, tea or chocolate, fruit juice, organic yoghurt, half a baguette, butter, home-made jam and fruit.