You will discover its 19th-century wash-houses, which are very well preserved and pleasantly flowered in season. Note the church built of Roussard sandstone, a type of stone formed from grains of sand welded together by a siliceous sediment, set in ferruginous soil, which gives it its rusty colour.
This trail takes you through the commune of Neuvillalais. You'll discover its 19th-century wash-houses, which are very well preserved and pleasantly flowered in season. Note the church built of Roussard sandstone, stones formed from grains of sand welded together by a siliceous sediment, set in ferruginous soil, which gives them their rusty colour. This walk alternates between paths on the plain and, to the west, a more undulating area with numerous streams.
Approximately 10 km west of Sillé-le-Guillaume.
Start/Finish point: Car park of the café-restaurant "Le Méridien".
- Leave the car park and turn left towards the cemetery.
- Go up towards the cemetery and follow the track on the left.
- Then take the second track on the left to cross the D21 (take care when crossing).
- Take the first track on the right. At its end, continue along the sunken track on the left.
- When you reach the road, go straight on towards "Montorin". Go around the property on the woodland track which branches off to the left. At the end of the bend, take the track on the right.
- At "Sucé", cross the road, pass the dwellings and continue along a grassy track. Turn left at the end of the track. Take the track on the left after the houses.
- Continue along the stream (caution: ford the entire length of the stream) and turn right again when you reach the road.
- Continue along the road, turning left at the stop sign and then right at "Trogné". At the end of the track, turn left towards the village, then right.
- Cross the Rue du Méridien and follow the grassy path over a ford. Take the steps and continue to the right.
- Turn right towards "le lavoir". Behind the washhouse, go up the small path to reach the road. Continue along the road before turning right after "La Rouillerie".
- Turn left to pass a farm.
- At the crossroads, turn left towards "Les Douze". When you reach the road, turn right, then the first left along the farm.
- At junction 2, turn left and then right towards Mézières.
- At the housing estate, take the track on the left. Take the 1st track on the left that goes back to the cemetery, then on the D21 turn left to get to "Le Méridien".