Étang de Tronçais

Why we love it

• The 4.9 km loop around the pond, between woods and water
• 18 hectares of calm water, created in 1789 by a dam on the Sologne to supply the Tronçais forges
• Anglers settled at the water's edge
• The shady walk around the pond, and the picnic that goes with it

Before you go

• No swimming here: the pond is reserved for angling. To swim, aim instead for the Étang de Saint-Bonnet or the Étang de Goule, at Valigny: their beaches are supervised in summer.
• The fishing permit can be bought online or from a retailer (€14 a day in 2026): get it before you arrive.
• Parking at the Rond de Tronçais is free: it's the start of the pond circuit, a 4.9 km loop (about 1 hour 15, medium difficulty).
• 4 km away, starting from the village of Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais, the Remarkable Oaks circuit (8.3 km) extends the outing to the foot of oaks, some of them more than four centuries old.

What visitors say

Around Étang de Tronçais

2 spots in and around Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais, enough to build your day.

Worth seeing nearby

Étang de Saint-Bonnet

4.4

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Forêt de Tronçais

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