Boucle du Daviaud

Step 1: Le marais salé

The salt marsh is a vast, flat expanse of land where trees have almost completely disappeared. It is a combination of marshland, naturally covered by high tide, and man-made landforms dating back to the 5th century. The land was reclaimed from the sea by dams and dykes, drained by hundreds of canals (étiers) and tamed by locks. Once salt marshes, these areas are now used as grazing land for horses and cattle.