Things To Do
If you want to relax on your holiday then you will not find a more tranquil and idyllic region in France than the Val de Loire: the lush 'Garden of France'. But if it's activities you're after, there's loads to do...
"9th of June - one week - Bliss!!" - Gill Robertson
With families
- Haute Touche - open air wildlife park with wild boar, giraffe, wolves, bison, birds of prey and much more
- Futuroscope - famous cinematic theme park near Poitiers
- Loches - traditional French market town where everyone can spend their pocket money
- St Aignan Zoo - famed for its white tigers
Places to visit
- Tours - a modern city with many ancient aspects
- Villandry - where the formal gardens are more famous than the chateau - and not forgetting the pre-historic grottes at Savonnieres
- Descartes - visit the birthplace of the famous philosopher, shop at the Sunday morning market or just swim in the local pool
- Le Grand Pressigny - for its 'fetes folkloriques', crumbling chateau and archaeological museum
- Blois - with its famous spiral staircase 'fouillee comme un ivoire de Chine', Catherine de Medici's poison cupboard and Houdini's House of Magic
- Chinon - historic town whose chateau has a dedicated Joan of Arc museum
- Amboise- fairytale chateau, and nearby Le Clos-Luce where Leonardo da Vinci spent the last years of his life
Wildlife
- Butterflies - over 60 species of butterflies and dragonflies including swallowtails and Camberwell beauties
- Orchids
- Nightingales
- Red squirrels
Markets!
- Le Blanc - a pleasant country town on the river Creuse
- La Roche Posay - with roundabouts for small children
- St Maure de Touraine - with its ancient covered market hall
- Chatellerault - go early to the Friday morning market or anytime to the Auchan hypermarche
- There's a market somewhere every day, in fact!
Outdoors activities
- Cycling
- Walking
- Swimming
- Sailing
Availability
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