Gite in Fontevraud l'Abbaye

Royal Abbey of Fontevraud - © Sébastien GAUDARD / Anjou Tourisme

On the borders of Anjou, Poitou and Touraine, the town of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye is ideal for a day combining history, culture and heritage.

20 minutes from Saumur, the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud is the largest Renaissance-style monastic complex preserved in France and the first monastic city in Europe with 13 hectares of buildings and gardens.

Nacre of the Plantagenêt dynasty, including the graves of Aliénor of Aquitaine and Richard Cœur de Lion, the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud was also used as a prison from 1804 before being restored and included on the first list of historic monuments.

Choose a séday in gîte labellisée Gîtes de France® to décover the town of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye and its abbey listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2000 along with the entire Val de Loire cultural site.  

For a weekend or a week, stay in a holiday accommodation near Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, in the heart of the Loire Valley, or on the outskirts of the townchambre d'hôte and come to discover or rediscover the must-see sites of Anjou: the Château de Saumur, the Terra Botanica park, the Bioparc de Doué-la-Fontaine, the troglodytes, the banks of the Loire...