Circuit de Haute Saintonge

In La Genétouze, in the Charente-Maritime, Circuit de Haute Saintonge sets up its outdoor track in the southern department, right next to the Gironde border. The site sits in the Jonzac basin, in a rural setting typical of Haute-Saintonge: bocage, pastures, the first reliefs of the Saintongeaise double. It's an address valued by Saintongers and northern Gironde residents heading out with friends or on family weekends.

The open-air layout offers a varied course in the open setting typical of inland Saintonge. Several kart engine sizes are available depending on driver profile, from entry-level models for kids to punchier versions for regulars chasing timed sessions. Conditions shift with temperate oceanic weather: faster and drier in summer, more demanding on rainy days. The site stays accessible for family initiation runs and regularly hosts birthday parties, stag and hen parties, and corporate seminars from the Saintonge basin and northern Bordeaux area.

La Genétouze is 15 minutes from Jonzac, 45 from Saintes, and an hour from Bordeaux. The region offers plenty to extend the visit: Jonzac and its thermal baths (France's youngest spa town), Saintes and its Gallo-Roman heritage (Germanicus arch, amphitheatre), the Sablonceaux abbey, or a detour to Royan and the Côte de Beauté 1h15 away. For inland Charente-Maritime holidaymakers, an authentic karting option in a bocage atmosphere, human-scale and far from large urban structures.