Walk along the Pierre de Crazannes trail

Leisure activitiesOPEN FEBRUARY/MARCH

Adult €4.00 Child (6 to 11 years old) €3.00 Teenagers (12 to 17 years old) €3.00 Free with the Pass!

Come and have fun discovering the Pierre de Crazannes on your own (without a guide) by following the discovery trail entitled ‘P'tit parcours de Genny’. Our mascot, Genny the genet, invites you to take a 600-metre walk along a scenic trail, complete with information on the flora and fauna. Learn about the origins of this white stone, discover how it was extracted and be surprised by the flora and fauna that inhabit it.

Additional information

Visiting conditions:

. Dogs are welcome on a lead

Located on a 13-hectare site, the former Crazannes quarries offer a surprising landscape of steep stone cliffs and narrow gorges overgrown with luxuriant vegetation including ivy, bracken ferns and wild clematis.

The resistant white stone extracted from these quarries over 2000 years has been used to build or restore famous monuments such as Fort Boyard and Cologne Cathedral.

Opening hours

1 to 31 March: Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10am-12pm and 2pm-5pm

1 April to 14 June: every day except Monday, excluding public holidays
10am-12pm and 2pm-5.30pm

15 to 30 June and 1 September: daily, 10am-12pm and 2pm-7pm

1 July to 31 August: daily from 10am to 7pm

2 to 30 September: daily except Mondays, 10am-12pm and 2pm-5.30pm

1 October to 3 November: Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10am-12pm and 2pm-5pm

Access to the trail closes 45 minutes before reception closes.

Annual closure from 4 November 2024 to 28 February 2025.

  • Motor disability

    Path accessible to wheelchair users.

    No stairs.

  • Access by car

    Free parking at La Pierre de Crazannes for visitors.

    ADVANTAGE INCLUDED in your La Rochelle Océan Pass (adult rate only): get €10 off the hire of a Yélomobile car.
    Reach the sites included in your pass around La Rochelle with the yellow-topped Yélomobile car-sharing car: book in advance for 1 hour or several days and Yélomobile cars will make it easier for you to get around near La Rochelle.

    Details of fares and conditions of access to the Yélomobile service.

  • Pets allowed

The Crazannes stone

The Pierre de Crazannes site is part of the network of Échappées Nature sites created by the Charente-Maritime department. The department wanted to preserve the quarries as a testimony to their historical heritage, their natural wealth and the work of man.