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Montsoreau
With it’s cellars and terraced towers, the visitor to Montsoreau is plunged into a universe of dreams, recounting the river Loires history.
The evocative themes are also as diverse as the Loire landscape, river traffic and local business
http://www.chateau-montsoreau.com/
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Abbaye de
Fontevraud
Abbaye de 1101 à 1792, prison
centrale de 1804 à 1963, Fontevraud est aujourd’hui
un Centre Culturel de Rencontre.
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Château de Brézé
This chateau is 10 minutes from Saumur and is classified as an historic monument. During your visit you will find underground tunnels, dovecotes (the most important in Anjou) and savouring it’s space is guaranteed to be fascinating and instructive.
http://www.chateaudebreze.com
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Château
de Montreuil-Bellay.
Established in 1025 and four centuries in construction, this chateau combines the power of the Middle Ages with the refinement of the Renaissance
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Château
de Brissac,
Medieval kitchens, beautiful rooms and an Opera House or Theatre are to be found on a visit to this chateau. It is the highest in France with 7 floors and you will discover a dazzling decor, ceilings of gold leaf, precious furniture and an historic theatre..
http://www.chateau-brissac.fr
http://www.ot-brissac-loire-aubance.fr/ |
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Mushroom Museum
Visitors to the museum love to walk in the caves among growing mushrooms and discover the secrets of the Champignons de Paris, the Shi’take, the « blue feet » and other exotic mushrooms
http://www.musee-du-champignon.com/
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Rochemenier
This troglodyte village is presented like a museum of 20 rooms with an underground chapel, a central pit is surrounded by a warren of caves, barns, wine cellars and dwellings
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Maulévrier
The original Park of Maulevrier is the largest Japanese garden in Europe. Unique in it’s kind by the extraordinary richness of its vegetation as well as its range of Asian architecture. There are also exhibitions of Bonsai & ceramics and musical gardens, all surrounding a calm and beautiful lake
www.parc-oriental.com/
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