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A ctivities
: Tourism, Culture & Leasure
Our region:
Regarded as the Garden of France, the Loire Valley is a Unesco World Heritage
Site.
Nearby :
- Chateaux of the Loire :
- Amboise
- Chenonceau
- Chaumont-sur-Loire
- Azay-le-Rideau
- Villandry
- Chambord
- Saumur
- Loches
- Ussé (Sleeping Beauty’s castle !)
- Numerous amusement parks
- Futuroscope near Poitiers
- La Haute Touche zoological park
- Mini-châteaux park, Fou de l'Ane (a zoological
park breeding all kinds of donkeys), Aquarium of Touraine, in Amboise
- Beautiful gardens
- The kitchen garden of la Bourdaisière,
- The flower fields of La Chatonnière,
- The Italian terraces of the Château de Valmer,
- The contemporary creativeness of Le Rivau,
- The ornamental lake and 14 ha park of Chanteloup Pagoda
- Famous people’s houses
- Léonardo da Vinci in le Clos Lucé
- Amboise
- Ronsard : Saint-Cosme Priory - Tours
- Balzac : Saché
- Rabelais : la Devinière - Chinon
- Wines : « The mild weather and sunshine on the Touraine’s
slopes helps elaborating reputed wines such as Montlouis, Vouvray, Chinon,
Bourgueil, Saumur. »
- … and other surprises such as:
mushroom beds, cave dwellings, cellars, wine-tasting.
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