Chantepie: Culture, parks and trails

Chantepie combines cultural events with green spaces and routes for walking or cycling. When looking for a hotel in Chantepie, you can plan your stay around your main interest: Would you like to attend an event, spend time in a park or cover a particular route? The options vary by purpose and length, from a geocaching circular trail and park walks to a cycling route of about two hours. This makes it easy to explore Chantepie through specific activities.

Cultural events and a puzzle trail

Chantepie takes part in the recurring intermunicipal festival “Un Weekend à la Rue”. It features free street theatre and other street art performances, theatre and music. Dates, programmes and venues vary with each edition. If the festival is a key part of your stay, check the dates and programme for the relevant edition before making plans. The Coulée verte also hosts numerous public events every year, including the Fête de la musique.

The “Chantepie et les chemins de traverse” geocaching circular trail is 2 km long and includes eight puzzle stations. The puzzles draw on local themes: a fountain, a charade and traces of an old tram line. If you enjoy exploring Chantepie through specific clues, this route combines a defined distance with a series of challenges.

Parks and trails

Parc Dolto offers a shaded walk around a pond through diverse plant life and includes a children’s play area. Jardin Odorrico has a relaxing area with sculptures and mosaics, as well as a children’s playground and a multi-sport area. The parks offer different experiences: a walk by the pond in one, sculptures and mosaics alongside play and sports areas in the other.

The Coulée verte connects Place des Marelles with the Maison pour tous. The “Balade à Roulettes® - Au fil de la coulée verte” is a 3.7 km walking trail starting in Chantepie. It begins at the car park of the new cemetery on Avenue d’Orient. Check access conditions before your visit.

Cycling and a natural area

The “Vallée de la Vilaine amont” cycling route connects Chantepie with Noyal-sur-Vilaine and passes through fields and pastureland. It is 24 km long and takes about two hours. Another route starting in Chantepie leads to the Bois de Sœuvres. This 170-hectare natural area is notable for its rich biodiversity.

To compare the routes, consider both the activity and the distance: the geocaching circular trail combines 2 km with eight puzzle stations, the Balade à Roulettes® is 3.7 km long, and the 24 km cycling route is listed as taking about two hours. This lets you distinguish between a puzzle trail, a walking trail and a cycling route based on the focus of your stay.

Discover more destinations: La Ville-Ès-Nonais, Saint-Jean-Sur-Couesnon, Clayes, Bédée, Servon-Sur-Vilaine, Vern-Sur-Seiche, Baulon, La Mézière.

For the broader travel overview: Ille-Et-Vilaine.