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Giffard - L'Espace Menthe Pastille
Giffard, founded in Angers in 1885 and based in Avrill since 1972, welcomes you to the Espace Menthe Pastille at the heart of its production site. Come and discover Giffard's history and expertise, and finish your visit with a tasting session.
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Character of Plessis-Bourré
Between fortress and fairytale castle, this place won't leave you unmoved! After crossing the drawbridge, you can raise your head to admire the impressive ceiling of the guards' room, pass through the library, the courtroom and the museum. And if you're impatient enough, take a walk down the dungeon alley!
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Music Mushroom Museum
This active mushroom museum is the most visited troglodytic site in Saumur. It is a place of production in the midst of visitors who discover the secrets of growing button mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, blue foot and shitaké.
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Zoo de la Boissière du Doré
The Parc Zoologique de la Boissière du Doré offers a remarkable collection of species 30 minutes from Nantes and Cholet. Right in the heart of the Nantes vineyards, a team of enthusiasts look after more than 1,000 animals, including many species in danger of extinction, such as the orang-utan, the park's emblem. | The Doré is a remarkable collection of species.
La Batellerie de la Loire
Are you looking for an original and enjoyable activity in the region? Look no further and join us for a peaceful trip on the water aboard a traditional Loire boat. Let yourself be carried along to the rhythm of the royal river.
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The Falun Mystery
A troglodyte site, the Mystère des Faluns transports visitors into the underwater world that was present in Doué-la-Fontaine 10 million years ago. A fascinating artistic experience between land and sea, past and present...
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Domaine Filliatreau - La Grande Vignolle
A historic and authentic site, La Grande Vignolle offers you the chance to discover the cellars and seigneurial dwelling, dug into the tufa stone. Enjoy a visual and sensory experience in a troglodyte cave and taste the wines of Domaine Filliatreau.
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The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud
Again with Aliénor d’Aquitaine and Richard the Lionheart and discover Fontevraud Abbey, the largest inhabited monastic city in the Middle Ages.
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Golf d'Angers
At the heart of a 55-hectare estate, come and discover the 18-hole Golf d'Angers course. A true haven of peace, in the middle of a park dotted with hundred-year-old trees.
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Camifolia Garden
Camifolia, the garden of medicinal and aromatic plants, presents more than 500 species of plants with amazing properties. You'll discover the garden of scents and the garden of medicinal and toxic plants.
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Troglodytes and Sarcophagi
Following in the footsteps of the archaeologists who uncovered this unique and fascinating site dug into the heart of the Falun Sea, come and discover the largest sarcophagus quarry in Europe and its various successive uses.
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Château de Montgeoffroy
Admire the glamorous reception and games rooms, the sumptuous flats of the maid of the house, full of invaluable treasures. You will also be able to take advantage of a guided tour and immerse yourself in the art of living in the 18th century, in the private flats of the first floor.
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Musée des Blindés
The Musée des Blindés de Saumur traces their birth, history, technical évolution à across the world from 1917 à today. The museum's collection of tanks and vehicles includes 800 vehicles, 200 of which are in working order. | The museum's collection of tanks and vehicles includes 800 vehicles, 200 of which are in working order. The museum's collection of tanks and vehicles includes 800 vehicles, 200 of which are in working order.
Refuge de l'Arche
For nearly 50 years, Refuge de l'Arche has had as its primary mission the rescue and fostering of exotic wild animals damaged by life. It takes in and cares for almost a thousand animals that have been seized by the authorities or abandoned. During your visit, the Refuge de l'Arche will tell you the unique stories of its residents.
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Cap Loire
Between a park and a museum, CAP LOIRE is a site where you can immerse yourself in the world of Loire boats. You will be taken on a journey through history and technology, before boarding the Cap Vert, a listed barge.
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Parc Oriental de Maulévrier
The largest Japanese garden in Europe opens its doors to you. You'll be amazed by its architectural and botanical setting, its history, its atmosphere, its safety, the pruning of certain trees, ... Whether on a self-guided or guided tour, day or night, enjoy this unique and fascinating place.
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Distillerie Combier
À Saumur, don't miss the Combier distillery, the oldest craft distillery in the Loire Valley. Visit the stills dating back to 1901, discover the secrets behind the making of Triple Sec and the fabulous history of absinthe!
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ChChâteau du Plessis-Macé
Dive into the history of this flamboyant Gothic jewel, which can be discovered in a thousand different ways. You can discover it thanks to a self-guided tour of the exterior, a guided tour of the dwelling or fun tours.
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Cave Vivante du Champignon
À 20 minutes from Saumur, come and discover the cultivation of mushrooms in troglodytes. Jacky and Julien Roulleau, mushroom growers, welcome you to their 16th-century troglodytic dwellings.
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Golf de Baugé
Leisure player, lover of beautiful walks or competitor with affluent clubs who like to take on challenges, Golf de Baugé will win you over. Situated in the heart of Anjou, in an exceptional haven of greenery, this undulating and technical course will win you over with its natural obstacles, its ready-made environment and its calm.
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La Mine Bleue
A unique site in Europe, the guided tour of the Mine Bleue invites you to discover the secret of slate 126 metres underground. At the bottom of the mine, a guided tour mainly focuses on slate, while on the surface there is an animation based around the splitter’s job.
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Musée Joachim du Bellay
À Orée-d'Anjou, near Ancenis, à the border between Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique, set out à discover the life and work of Joachim du Bellay, the famous Renaissance poet from Anjou, in five rooms.
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Les Pommes Tapées
Dive into a craft brought up to date. The Pommes Tapées du Val de Loire site offers a guided cellar tour: troglodytic habitat, tuffeau extraction, tasting of tapées apples...
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Moulin de l'Epinay
Guided tour of the working mill with the miller, hands-on experience of the world of milling in Mauges-sur-Loire. Flour production, panoramic views, children's trail... A quality tourism site.
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Musueacute;e des Métiers de la Chaussure
The only museum in France dedicated to this theme, the Musée des Métiers de la Chaussure has an impressive collection of machines and shoes. Take a look at them, from every angle…
Domaine du Moulin de l'Horizon
This family estate, located in the heart of the Saumur region, offers 2 original tours: Discover the troglodytic cellars in an unusual way thanks to a self-guided tour equipped with a headlamp, or learn all about their winemaking secrets thanks to the behind-the-scenes tour.
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Terre de Rose Distillery and Rose Garden
Visit the rose theme, where you'll find a rose garden, a rose water distillery and an unusual rose museum on the same site. It's also a comus with its troglodyte caves, its farm from days gone by and its mill-cavier and its animals.
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Parc du Château du Martreil
Old, rare or exotic, the trees in the Chateau de Martreil park will take you on a journey. With more than a hundred species of tree, this beautiful English-style park is sure to delight romantics thanks to its beautiful tang and the woods that surround it. |
Loire Odyssée
Between Angers and Saumur, on the path of the Loire River, Loire Odyssée opens your eyes to the most beautiful river in France! A tourist reception, a fun and interactive visitor area, nature outings and a boat tour await your enjoyment: discover the river, its fauna, its flora, its ecosystems and its history.
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Carré Cointreau
` Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, take a guided tour of the distillery and enjoy a guided tour of the historical heritage, which will end with a tasting and an invitation to the art of cocktails.
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Baugau Castle
Cover the new scénography of the château de Baugé entitled Le Palais du Roi René. Then, in the Hôtel Dieu, discover two jewels of the 17th century: the apothecary classified as one of the most beautiful in France, and the chapel.
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The Other Factory
For an hour or a day, let yourself be guided between sports, leisure activities and sensations. Go-karting, bowling, laser-games, billiards and an area dedicated to arcade games, as well as squash, badminton, padel, 3-on-3 basketball and 5-a-side football on synthetic turf.
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Saumur Forest Adventures
A multi-activity leisure park in the heart of nature: accrobranche with 2 large zip lines, lasergame in the forest, paintball, bubble football and troglolaser (lasergame in the Saumur cellars à 5 mins from the park).
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Les Jardins du Puygirault
Discover 14 delightful areas that trace the evolution of the vegetable garden since man first cultivated the land. A harmonious and lively place where you can contemplate, learn and reflect on man's relationship with nature through time.
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Château de Serrant
The Chateau de Serrant is one of the Loire's best furnished chateaux. Its majestic library, its kitchens with their many coppers and its exceptional collection of furniture bring the visit to life.
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Musée des Métiers
A succession of squares, ancient façades, cobbled streets and bold frameworks built in the art tradition, house workshops and collections. 35 métiers in their réalité of yesteryear are évoed by the’tool and the’object.
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The Troglos of the Sablière
Original site where the rose accompanies you on a guided tour of the galleries dug into the falun. You'll discover the traditional rosewater distillery, a collection of fossils, the excavated sandpit and more....
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Golf de Saumur
In the heart of the Loire Valley, on the commune of on the commune of St-Hilaire St-Florent, the Golf de Saumur offers you a 9-hole technically challenging and recognised course bordered by woods and tangs.
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Terra Botanica
Terra Botanica is the 1st theme park in Europe dedicated to plant biodiversity, with over 500,000 plants, exceptional collections from all over the world, dozens of theme gardens and attractions. Terra Botanica is the 1st theme park in Europe dedicated to plant biodiversity, with over 500,000 plants, exceptional collections from all over the world, dozens of theme gardens and attractions. Terra Botanica is the 1st theme park in Europe dedicated to plant biodiversity, with over 500,000 plants, exceptional collections from all over the world, dozens of theme gardens and attractions.
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Veuve Amiot
Dive into the heart of a fascinating site dug into the tuffeau stone just a stone's throw from Saumur. Visit our illuminated cellars and discover the story of Elisa Amiot, founder of the famous Maison de Fines Bulles. From the production site to the tasting, the Méthode Traditionnelle will hold no secrets for you.
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Château de Montreuil-Bellay
A vast masonry building, the château is located in the heart of the ancient walled town of Montreuil-Bellay and is fully furnished. It is also a wine-growing estate, and you will discover the different vintages. This is a very special place.
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Pierre et Lumière
Take an hour's stroll and discover the jewels of the Loire Valley: churches, towns, villages and chateaux sculpted from tuffeau stone. It's a tour of stunning beauty. Family trail and activities for children.
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Le Cadre Noir
For almost two centuries, in the heart of the Loire Valley and Anjou, the Cadre Noir has embodied and brought to life the excellence of traditional French horsemanship, now a Unesco World Heritage Site. |
For almost two centuries, in the heart of the Loire Valley and Anjou, the Cadre Noir has embodied and brought to life the excellence of traditional French horsemanship, now a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Le Parc de la Couère
Cover a 30-hectare site: a reconstructed 1900s village with exhibitions, tractors and farm equipment, vintage cars, semi-liberty pets, a miniature train, a 1950s manor house, children's games...
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Château de Brissac
Guided tour of the ceremonial rooms and the auditorium (1h15). You will then discover the fortified cellars and the wine cellar, where you can taste the estate's wines (tastings available from April to All Saints' Day). | Tour of the rooms of the castle and the thirteen rooms of the auditorium (1hour).
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Musée de l'Ardoise
At the heart of a former slate quarry site, the museum invites you to discover the skills and materials used in slate quarrying, through demonstrations of slate splitting and a visit to the exhibition rooms explaining 600 years of slate quarry history.
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Musée du Village Troglodyte
The Troglodyte Village Museum in Louresse-Rochemenier invites you to discover an underground world. Follow the tunnels to enter the traditional underground dwellings used for family and animals.
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Bioparc de Doué-la-Fontaine
At the Bioparc, more than 1,000 animals have found an exceptional natural setting, dedicated to the protection of endangered species. A journey rich in emotions in a veritable mineral and glass labyrinth!
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Bateau La Luce
On this 1-hour cruise, experience the beauty and safety of the Loire. Immerse yourself in the heart of nature, punctuated by the comments and anecdotes of the guide. Booking recommended.
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Les Caves de la Loire
In the very heart of the vineyards of Angers, the Caves de la Loire have established themselves as one of the jewels in the crown of the Loire Valley wine industry. A selection of Loire wines, from Pays Nantais to Sancerre, will be on offer for tasting.
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Château du Rivau
The Château du Rivau offers you an enchanting interlude in the heart of its fairytale gardens, its medieval fortress and its art collections.
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