Name: The slate route
Address: Parking du Domaine de PignerollesRoute de Beaufort en ValléeGrille principale, Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, 49124, FRANCE
Location: Address

24.7 km

6h 15min

Hard

This path, with 2 possible loops, offers you all kinds of landscapes: old slate quarries and industrial heritage, the Authion river, parks and gardens and built heritage.
Touristic places :
- The Parc des Ardoisières in Trélazé with its small hills, old lands and headframes, has been restructured from an old slate quarry.
- The Musée de l’ardoise (slate museum) permits discovering the extraction methods evolution and slate cracking demonstration.
- The Parc de Pignerolle in Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou is a good example of the French art of living. The landscape atmosphere of the château, built in 1776 on 80 ha, has been realised in accordance with the... Read more
Touristic places :
- The Parc des Ardoisières in Trélazé with its small hills, old lands and headframes, has been restructured from an old slate quarry.
- The Musée de l’ardoise (slate museum) permits discovering the extraction methods evolution and slate cracking demonstration.
- The Parc de Pignerolle in Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou is a good example of the French art of living. The landscape atmosphere of the château, built in 1776 on 80 ha, has been realised in accordance with the elegance and architectural balance of the château.

Equipment at your disposal :
- Toilets and picnic tables in the Parc des Ardoisières in Trélazé and the Parc de Pignerolle in Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou

Departure points :
- Domaine de Pignerolle car park (main gate) in Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou
- Musée de l'Ardoise, chemin de la Maraichère at Trélazé

Circuit marked out in mauve.

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