Sights & Activities
Below you’ll find an inexhaustive list of things to do nearby.
Loire Valley Guide
Other Famous Sites
Abbey of Fontevraud (burial site of Richard the Lionhearted & Eleanor of Aquitaine)
Local Sites and Activities
Troglodytes (in Turquant, Souzay-Champigny, just northeast of Azay le Rideau – a place called Goupilleres)
Mushroom caves (Montsoreau)
Cavalry/riding school and centre (Saumur)
Artisanal basket- making (Villaines-les-Rochers)
Cycling along the Loire (Loire à Velo)
Wine Tasting
Caves Couly Dutheuil (12 Rue Diderot, Chinon)
Caves des Silenes (not far from the Fortress, Chinon)
House of Anjou and Saumur Wines (next to the Tourist Office, Saumur)
Combier Distillery (48 Rue de Beaurepaire, Saumur)
Bouvet-Ladubay Cellars (St. Hilarie St. Florent- tour all the stages of winemaking and a sunken cathedral made up of 35 monumental sculptures)
Langlois-Chateau Cellar (St. Hilaire St. Florent)
Veuve Amiot Cellars (St. Hilaire St. Florent)
Ackerman Cellars (St. Hilaire St. Florent)
Chateau de l’Aulée (just outside Azay le Rideau)