Location: Indre-et-Loire in France
Nearest Airport:
Paris at 190
Miles
Nearest Ferry:
Caen at 210
Miles
Nearest Train:
Tours TGV at 40
Miles
Nearest Motorway:
Sainte Maure de Touraine at 15
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 170.0
Miles
Car: necessary
Peaceful rolling countryside ideal for those wanting to get away from it all. But scratch the surface and there is much to do. Canoeing and water park at Descartes, Swimming pool and tennis at Liguel, bicycles for hire, chateaux and vinyards to visit. Medieval Loches is an attractive tourist destination 20 minutes away. Tours is a popular medieval city with a renowned university 40 minutes' drive away. Futoroscope, the amusement park is at Poitiers, a similar distance away.
Traveling around the local area, you see a wealth of medieval churches, chateaus and other buildings. Troglodyte buildings, half building and half cave are common, enjoy a pizza in a troglodyte pizzeria in Loches. Enjoy the local produce, goats cheese from Saint Maure, home pressed apple juice from Sepmes. See stunning fields of sunflowers in July. Enjoy local soft fruits from July onwards. Look out for each town's summer festival.