Hiking - Bresse lakes of Vescours and Moulin Morel

Name: Hiking - Bresse lakes of Vescours and Moulin Morel
Address: Départ du Monuments aux Morts, Vescours, 01560, FRANCE
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Sport, Pedestrian sports, Hiking itinerary in Vescours

14.0 km

Medium

Set off into the heart of the Bresse region and explore its paths. At the foot of its brick castle, the imposing Morel pond and mill invite you to relax. Around a bend in the hill, the Montalibord farm with its Saracen chimney and pond.
Set off to discover the bocage landscape. After undergrowth, paths and tracks, stop off at the Montalibord farm, with its Saracen chimney and magnificent flowers in summer. Along the way, you'll pass a number of ponds, including the 28-hectare Etang Morel with its many birds and mill.
Etang des Bourdons and its hamlet form a typically Bresse ensemble.
Nearby: Etang Paccaud, a sensitive natural area.
Vescours, a land of tile and wattle factories, is still home to high-quality clay extraction,... Read more
Set off to discover the bocage landscape. After undergrowth, paths and tracks, stop off at the Montalibord farm, with its Saracen chimney and magnificent flowers in summer. Along the way, you'll pass a number of ponds, including the 28-hectare Etang Morel with its many birds and mill.
Etang des Bourdons and its hamlet form a typically Bresse ensemble.
Nearby: Etang Paccaud, a sensitive natural area.
Vescours, a land of tile and wattle factories, is still home to high-quality clay extraction, hence the presence of numerous bodies of water.

Vescours lies on a small plateau between the Saône valley and the Reyssouze and La Seille valleys, with views of the Mâcon, Revermont and Mont Blanc... an in-between feeling.

Toponymy: in villa Vescurtis in the 10th century, Vecors around 1325, Vescors around 1350, Vecours in 1656.
Name composed of the Germanic anthroponym Wiso, Old High German wisen, "to lead to direct", and curtis (seigneurial domain).

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Departure

Vescours
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All year round daily.
Environment
- In the country
Documentation
- Circuit du Moulin et des Etangs
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