You can easily spend a leisurely day seeing the sights and exploring what the area has to offer. The gardens and caves are charming, it has a church that survived the revolution and the chateau itself is well maintained with a sleeping beauty walkthrough which was fun. You can also add information on michelin restaurants, tourist attractions or. View the map of saumur in full screen x 949 you will find the location of saumur on the map of france of regions in lambert 93 coordinates. We share a passion for diverse cultures, cuisines, architecture, history, art and the glories of nature. Also, romain legrand at le patio chambres d hotes, saumur does chauffeur. Download free medieval wallpapers and desktop backgrounds. It offers a heated outdoor swimming pool, a billiards table and a garden with a vineyard. The chateaubriand family, one of the oldest baronies in brittany, bought the county in the 18th century. Their crest carries the memory of the religious expeditions to the holy land in their motto. You might also want to visit the chateau, the french tank.
Whatever way you choose to enter the town it is the graceful chateau you will appreciate first because of its dominant position overlooking the loire. King charles the bold built the original fortress and a monastery in the 9th century in. Select an option below to see stepbystep directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in rome2rios travel planner. A beautiful and traditional chateau just 10 minutes from saumur.
Choose one of the following options for the nantes to saumur route. It overlooks the confluence of the loire and the thouet. Public transportation to chateaux loire valley forum tripadvisor. We are hiring a car for a week in provence and so will be doing a lot of driving there, just want to have a more relaxed time in the loire as driving on the other side of the road is stressful and the person driving never really gets to see as much. Europe is committed to the loire valley through the european regional development fund. We did not go out of the network of public transportation as often as. Here you can view winding canals and pastelcolored houses in the vieille ville, and the chateau d annecy which overlooks the city. Several in the group speak french so no need for an english guide.
Eclectically sophisticated, casually elegant but warm, with a lighthearted, even fun, aestheticthis describes the setting for le favre danne in a 19thcentury mansion. Car and driver for chateaux tour loire valley forum. This operation is partly finaced by the european union. Knowing that we were unlikely to share many decades together, we decided to pack in as many adventures and experiences. We prefer a car and driver rather than a guide, but either would be an option. Were researching which chateaux to visitwe just want to see a. Saumur is home to the cadre noir, the ecole nationale d equitation national school of horsemanship, known for its annual horse shows, as well as the armoured branch and cavalry training school, the officer school for armored forces there is the national tank museum, the musee des blindes, with more than 850 armored vehicles, wheeled or tracked. Hrad saumur lezi ve francouzskem meste saumur v departementu. After a long, tumultuous relationship, i finally married the love of my life on my parents seventyfirst wedding anniversary in 2015. Their painting shows peasants working in a vegetable garden outside the castle walls and gives a glimpse of a pleasure garden within the battlements. Later, this construction was re built, with a new design and a different purpose, becoming a more traditional chateau serving as a. We are going to be in the loire valley in september. Michelin recommended, quickest, shortest or economical.
Departing from either the tours train station or paris. It was originally constructed in the 10th century by theobald i, count of blois, as a fortified stronghold against norman attacks. Loire valley guidedriver loire valley forum tripadvisor. Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. The skyline that the chateau saumur proudly guards, is sometimes.
Pickup was straightforward, and soon enough wed unpacked a pile of containers onto a protective piece of newspaper. Nantes to saumur route planner get the best route from nantes to saumur with viamichelin. Our next stop was in saumur, a two hour drive away. Its impossible to guess from the outside that it houses a museum on the first floor, displaying a remarkable collection of decorative arts such as furniture, tapestries from the 15th to 18th century and, above all, ceramics, with one of the countrys finest collections of. The familys aristocratic title indeed dates back to the 11th century crusades. On our way to saumur, we stopped by le chateau dusse, the inspiration for charles perraults classic fairy tale, known in english as sleeping beauty.
The saumur mousseux appellation was created for sparkling wines in 1976. Saumur chateau the chateau of saumur was painted by the limbourg brothers for the tres riches heures of jean, duke of berry. We breakfasted in amboise one last time, then set off on our drive through the french countryside. Flying fox 18961911 was a british thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1899 english triple crown races and was the leading sire in france three times. This chateau is kind of out of the way but worth finding. In 1026 it came into the hands of fulk nerra, count of anjou, who bequeathed it to his plantagenet heirs. Chateau dusse rignyusse all you need to know before.
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