Distance: 4 km
Duration (average) : 02h
Departure: Route des sources
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Walking
Why we love
The site of the "sources" of the Touvre is of great landscape, historical and ecological interest unique to GrandAngoulême.
Your itinerary
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Do we all see the same thing?
The singularity of this site results both from a network of resurgences including the famous "Boiling" giving birth to the Touvre river, but also from a picturesque landscape offering itself to hikers from the Sainte Marie Madeleine church. overlooking the valley.
The biological diversity linked to this environment has earned it a national classification.
The resurgences give this place a very special atmosphere where nothing seems to be able to disturb the tranquility of the many birds present on the Touvre.
Yet everyone knows that here, water has a story, the writing of which continues today.
The interpretation path of the sources of the Touvre invites you to discover in an educational way the riches of this place through fun stations imagined on the theme of the gaze.
Follow my gaze...
How do we view what surrounds us? Do we all perceive the elements presented to us in the same way? By proposing to broaden the fields of our vision, this path invites us to look at things differently, both literally and figuratively, and to confront our points of view.
Let yourself be guided by the interpretation stations “The mystery of the gaze”.
The welcome totem, at the level of the springs car park, invites you to ask questions.
The biological diversity linked to this environment has earned it a national classification.
The resurgences give this place a very special atmosphere where nothing seems to be able to disturb the tranquility of the many birds present on the Touvre.
Yet everyone knows that here, water has a story, the writing of which continues today.
The interpretation path of the sources of the Touvre invites you to discover in an educational way the riches of this place through fun stations imagined on the theme of the gaze.
Follow my gaze...
How do we view what surrounds us? Do we all perceive the elements presented to us in the same way? By proposing to broaden the fields of our vision, this path invites us to look at things differently, both literally and figuratively, and to confront our points of view.
Let yourself be guided by the interpretation stations “The mystery of the gaze”.
The welcome totem, at the level of the springs car park, invites you to ask questions.
2
“Two looks, two impressions”
Or how the limitation of the gaze conditions our feelings.
3
“The mazes of the Karst”
To understand what is happening under our feet.
4
“Ravaillac has nothing to do here! »
To the most attentive, the ruins of the castle will reveal part of their history.
5
"The Legend of Tolvere"
And if it was true ?
6
"Different Looks"
Arriving on the promontory, a vast landscape awaits us.
An identical landscape for everyone and yet everyone sees it differently. What conditions the gaze?
An identical landscape for everyone and yet everyone sees it differently. What conditions the gaze?
7
"The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene of Touvre"
We only find what we are looking for!
8
"The Communal Cemetery"
Some will say that it has always been there, others not...
9
"The Lime Kilns"
A former industrial site today... natural.
10
"The Washhouses"
When, back bent and hands in the water, tongues were untied...
11
"Farms"
How do we view the agricultural landscape today?
12
"The Source of La Lèche"
Or what is the relationship between an earthquake in Portugal, a diplodocus and the Marquis de Montalembert?
13
"Fishing and Fish"
The conditions offered by the Touvre make it possible to have a particularly interesting fish population which delights fishermen. Does the trout see this in a good light?
14
“The Birds of La Touvre”
In front of the spectacle which is offered to us, it would be regrettable to have forgotten its binoculars. Some will tell you to be careful not to get too close to the "Castagneux"... they will be wrong.