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What to do at SAN?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Nestled between lakes and mountains, SAN Station Bor\u00e9ale is where history meets the great wilderness. Established on the remains of a former sanatorium and its self-sufficient farm, it retains the spirit of a time when people believed deeply in the healing power of forests, pure air and silence. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, this memory lives on in the restored gardens, the former All\u00e9e des Soupirs, and the majestic barn-stable, but also in the vigilant protection of a fragile species, the Chimney Swift, a discreet companion of these century-old walls.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To walk here is to enter the heart of a vast and living nature: to follow trails lined with spruce and birch, to paddle on clear lakes, to stop at dusk to listen to the swirling sound of swifts and admire their aerial broomstick, to pick the fruits of a nourishing garden, or to look up at an immense sky of rare purity, where the Milky Way unfolds to the naked eye, drawing rivers of stars above the sleeping mountains.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And then, at the turn of a wall or a path, a surprise appears: a fresco born of an artistic retreat, a gallery of open-air murals, an unexpected dialogue between urban pictorial art and the spirit of the place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing is set in stone here.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each step invites you to let yourself be carried away by the soul of the place, to listen to what nature and history still have to whisper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enter. Explore. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Here, everything that lives and sleeps whispers softly to the soul, and you may leave some of the hustle and bustle behind to take home a breath of silence, more rooted in the present moment and more connected to your surroundings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Admire amazing murals<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
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At SAN Station Bor\u00e9ale, century-old walls become silent witnesses to living creation. Throughout the year, an artistic retreat invites artists to immerse themselves in the spirit of the site and reveal its soul through unique murals. Every summer, in mid-August, this process culminates in an international mural festival, where muralists and graffiti artists unite their energies in a weekend of intense creation. <\/p>\n

Here, there’s no theme other than that dictated by the site’s memory: the walls tell, through contemporary gestures, the invisible story that still inhabits the stones, woods and gardens. Each fresco becomes a living bridge between past and present, offering visitors an open-air gallery imbued with respect and emotion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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An extraordinary gallery<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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