Appart'hôtel La Suze sur Sarthe

Ideal hike to discover the charming little town of Suze-sur-Sarthe, its castle, as well as its marina with many nautical activities in season. Along the way, you will cross the Bois de l'Augonay and you can visit the villages of Mézeray and Saint-Jean-du-Bois.

Halfway between Le Mans and Sablé-sur-Sarthe, on the top of the hillside, the village dominates a wide loop of the Sarthe Valley. The origin of the parish would go back to the 9th century. At the revolution of 1789, the commune was attached to the canton of Brûlon. It was not until a referendum in 1961 and a majority "yes" vote that the commune was attached to the canton of La Suze. This was certainly helped by the construction of the iron "Eiffel" bridge built in 1892 to replace the ferry...

The foundation of Saint-Jean du Bois, which was once called St-Joannis de Bosco, dates back to medieval times. The town is very wooded, nearly 700 ha for an area of 1462 ha. To the south-west of the village, the Beaumortier stream was intercepted to form a succession of ponds, the main ones being the Gilbert and Bonde ponds. These ponds form a remarkable row of nearly 50 ha which has been classified as a ZNIEFF zone (natural zone of ecological, faunistic and floristic interest), The...

Louplande comes from the Latin LUPILANDA which means "Wolf Heath". This denomination would come from the fact that moors covered a large part of the commune where the wolves lived If you walk on the side of the ponds, you will discover with surprise, a magnificent landscape, resembling a small valley, surrounded by woods. Passing through the place called "Old town", you will be able to observe a group of old Sarthe houses made of roussard stone. When you arrive at the crossing of the RD309 on...