La Houssaye-en-Brie 1
Walking Tour
La Houssaye-en-Brie 2

La Houssaye-en-Brie

La Houssaye-en-Brie

🌿White osier was nicknamed "queue de renard" (fox tail)
🏰Spot the two 12th-century towers at La Houssaye

Wander through three centuries-old Brie villages where castle towers and Gothic churches share the landscape with the ghostly remnants of osier groves. This gentle circuit traces the vanished willow fields that once supplied basket weavers across the region, with La Houssaye's 12th-century towers rising above the farmland as a dramatic backdrop.

Historic hiking circuit
Rural heritage walk
Gentle countryside ramble
Architectural history