Our commitments
Labels et guides
Our commitments
Labels et Guides
Meeting your expectations by offering you the most appropriate service is at the heart of the La Route du Sel project! Pour se donner des outils efficaces, la structure est engagée auprès de plusieurs labels et organismes d’accompagnement qualité.
This label gouvernemental and the approach it guarantees you
find services that meet your expectations, your needs, and those of the sustainable development of activities. La Route du Sel has been awarded the Qualité Tourisme label since November 2017, so that we can always welcome you better and improve the quality of our services. Have you taken part in a walk? Fill in the questionnaire en ligne to help us improve our approach.
La Route du Sel has been awarded the “Accueil Vélo” label and is located along the “Vendée Vélo” cycle path on the Châteauneuf – St Jean de Monts section.
This label guarantees a personalized welcome and adapted services:
– Existing bicycle documentation dedicated to cycling routes available
– Bicycle parking
– A drinking water point at your disposal
– Accessible sanitary facilities
– Repair kit for minor damage (puncture repair kit, set of standard wrenches, lubricant, foot pump)
– Electrical recharging of your VAE or GPS batteries
The Graine Pays de la Loire is a regional network for environmental education and citizenship, with the aim of promoting sustainable development. We believe it’s essential to take sustainable development into account in our activities. That’s why we strive for quality in the implementation of our activities.
The aim of the “Entreprises engagées pour la nature” (Companies committed to nature) program is to encourage companies to make a commitment to biodiversity. Its aim is to encourage the emergence, recognition and promotion of action plans by structures which, indirectly or directly, have a major impact on biodiversity, while at the same time being dependent on a certain number of services rendered by nature.
Trip Advisor shows you the quality of the services offered by La Route du Sel through ratings and reviews. Tourists can share their experiences and give practical advice. What’s more, they tell La Route du Sel where it needs to improve!
The Route du Sel is part of the Vogue et Vague program in Pays de la Loire. Discover the famille, on water and by bike available online :enpaysdelaloire.com
“Vendée l’essentiel vient du cœur”: A label grouping together a number of Vendée-based companies that share the same values passion, de savoir-faire, de progrès et de partage.
La Route du Sel is a member of the “Welcome en Vendée” network, a quality charter dedicated to English-speaking customers, with the aim of improving the quality of our services.
and to tailor services specifically to their needs.
OUR VALUES :
La Route du Sel is committed to sustainable development on its own scale!
By proposing and guiding outdoor activities, the team raises visitors’ awareness of the need to protect natural areas, the impact of global warming and waste management to encourage an ecological approach. Contributing to the preservation of landscape niches and biodiversity is done by communicating with the agricultural world and other users of the environment.
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
As soon as the company was taken over as a SARL (limited liability company) in 2009, club-based Paddle School activities were offered and run for local children and teenagers. Several of today’s qualified seasonal guides are graduates of this program.
In 2013, launch of weekly “Pink Ladies” workshops – “paddling to overcome cancer”, in network with several associations of the Comité Départemental Canoë Kayak, La Ligue contre le cancer de Vendée, the support of the Agence Régionale de Santé and the Conseil Départemental de la Vendée. These workshops have been a resounding success, opening up to cancers other than breast cancer, and then to other pathologies or pre-pathologies such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These workshops, and the extraordinary adventures shared by participants such as the Vogalonga in Venice, also enable a mix with family members.
PRODUITS LOCAUX ET DE QUALITE : Several of the walks include a tasting or meal of quality local produce, prepared by our partners: La Ferme du Pas de l’Ile and Boutolleau charcuterie in St Gervais, Vendée-Chèvres in Froidfond, Le Moulin de Rairé in Sallertaine.
Who are we?
Luc ANDRÉ
Guide, manager and developer
Luc discovered the North Vendée marshes in the early 80s, when he came to learn his first trade as a wooden shipwright.
Moving into sports education and vocational training, he is passionate about the region, its people and traditions, and has been sharing them for several decades on nautical and cultural itineraries.
Amélie LONGÉPÉ
Communications, marketing and web-marketing manager
A native of the region, Amélie arrived at La Route du Sel in April 2022. Passionate about travel, nature and meeting new people, she is keen to help you discover this region and share her good addresses with you.
She welcomes you, advises you and responds to all requests from individuals, groups, companies or works councils.
Amélie also accompanies you on guided bike rides in Machecoul and Sallertaine.
Clément LEROY
Sports instructor-canoe guide
Joining the company in 2023, Clément is passionate about sport and, more specifically, outdoor physical and sporting activities. As a canoe guide, he’ll be happy to share his passion for this beautiful region with you.
A sports educator with the partner association “Canoë Kayak Sallertaine”, Clément is also involved in leading and supervising various groups (schools, disabled people, health, social integration, etc.).