Crissay-sur-Manse Village – Our Lady of Loreto loop from Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois
Crissay-sur-Manse Village – Our Lady of Loreto loop from Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois
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Crissay-sur-Manse Village – Our Lady of Loreto loop from Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois
02:24
43.5km
240m
Mountain biking
Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 10, 2026
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19.5 km
Crissay-sur-Manse Village
Highlight • Settlement
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19.7 km
View from Logis Auberge de Crissay
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logishotels.com/fr/hotel/logis-auberge-de-crissay-254579?partid=1535
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35.1 km
Our Lady of Loreto
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36.3 km
Courtineau Valley and Troglodyte Houses
Highlight • Historical Site
The chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, carved into the rock, would have been the refuge of a hermit in the fourteenth century2. On March 6, 1429, Joan of Arc would have taken shelter there to protect herself from a downpour while she was traveling the Courtineau valley to go to Chinon to see King Charles VII, after two nights spent in Sainte-Catherine-de -Proudwood.
The water mills:
- The Moulin de la Chaise: from 1241 to 1789, it belonged to the Chapter of Saint-Martine de Tours and depended on the Provost of Saint-Epain.
- The Courtineau mill
- The Malicorne mill: in the fourteenth and at least until the seventeenth century, it depended on the seigneury of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine. We grew hemp there
- The Souvres mill.
- The mill of Mareille, large building of three floors which appears on the map of Cassini and the Napoleonic land register of 18274. According to the elders, the building was before 1900 a sawmill, the paddle wheel was placed further.
The village of Courtineau is made up of troglodyte houses. In the mid-twentieth century he still owned a café, a grocery store and a school.
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43.5 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
39.6 km
2.31 km
1.63 km
Surfaces
23.4 km
18.4 km
1.63 km
134 m
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Elevation
Highest point (110 m)
Lowest point (50 m)
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