Surroundings

Places of interest near to us:

9 miles south is Fauntevraut Abbey, the burial place of Henry and Elinor of Aquitaine.

At Saumur, 12 miles away, nice market town (Saturday market) chateau and good shops and restaurants.

Montreuil Bellay - 8 miles away, chateau town

Loudun - 8 miles east of us, good market on Tuesdays, nice old town centre with shops and has recently undergone alot of renovations.

Thouars - 10 miles south of us, excellent market on Fridays.

At Poitiers, 30 miles south is Futurescope, the cinema complex, excellent day out, and worth staying for the evening show. Especially for families at Doué-la-Fontaine, there is a zoo, apparently the best zoo in Europe, we have had a look in and it looks very good even without children.

The old towns of Loches, Richelieu are only 1hour away in the car.
The main towns of Tours, North East of us and Angers, North West of us are about 1 hour drive.

Vin Yards:

Lots of local vineyards when you can go to see the caves and taste the wine, no obligation to buy, but we are sure people will want to.

Chateaux:

within easy distance:
Ussé, where Perault wrote Sleeping Beauty, a pretty fairytale castle
Azay-le-Rideau is by the river and they do a Son-et-Lumiere
Chinon, a ruined chateau, but a lovely town with pretty square.

A bit further afield are the chateaux of Chenenceux, Blois, Amboise. All worth seeing, but probably a day out, there are a lot of others, too numerous to mention..