The Little House Trail

The "sentier de la p'tite maison" runs for about 5 km through the woods on the Maltat and Seine-Seine municipal roads, straddling the two departments of Saône-et-Loire and Nièvre and forming a loop from the Maltat football stadium.
It crosses, to the north-east of Bourbon-Lancy, a wooded area easily accessible from the Maltat-Cronat road, or from the Maltat-Saint-Seine road, it is indicated on both roads. It is in the immediate vicinity of the GR 3, from which it can also be reached and from which a loop can be made.
It was created on the initiative of the "La p'tite maison" association which, since the beginning of the year 2000, has been working to highlight the history and heritage of the commune of Maltat and its surroundings.
This is the region's plant heritage, and the trail allows you to discover its diversity as well as its homogeneity, due to the local geology: an alluvial terrain composed of sand, clay, marl and small pebbles, which was formed in the Tertiary period more than ten million years ago. Sessile oaks, beeches, hornbeams, heathers, mosses, but also hawkweeds, piloselles, foxgloves, periwinkles, veronicas, depending on the season, can be found by means of the numbered signs that line the path.
You will also learn what a peat bog is, or a ridge, how a hamlet is formed, how wood was worked in the past, how it is exploited today, how the species resist or not the climatic hazards, how plants can be used to treat oneself...
Signs are provided to help you find your way along the route. At the entrance, a panel gives general information on the trail and on the regulations. Picnic tables welcome walkers at the crossroads, and litter bins ensure the cleanliness of the places crossed.
Communication is provided by posters and leaflets (describing the route) distributed in the nearest town halls and tourist offices.