A beautiful white town built in the chalky white tufa stone that is characteristic of the Loire Valley. Saumur is a beautiful town with a magnificent chateau overlooking the river Loire. Below are listed just some of the things to see in and around Saumur.This is a beautiful city in the Loire Valley France and a place you could spend days looking around, the people who live in Saumur are very proud of their city and it is one of the jewels in the crown of the Loire valley France. If your visiting the Saumur area for the wines Saumur Brut is the king of the wines of the region but there are other less known wines that are just as nice, almost one to suit every palette. Saumur is in easy driving range from the Gites and apartments, self catering gites and apartments are okay but you have to spoil yourself occasionally and there are some lovely cafes and restaurants in and around Saumur
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| The chateau at Saumur |
Saumur's lovely old chateau is open to the public and it also houses two museums The decorative arts museum and the horse museum
Ecole Nationale D'Equitation And Cadre Noir this world famous riding academy boasts the largest riding arena in Europe and is home to the elite cavalry regiment the Cadre Noir. You can visit the stables, watch training sessions and admire traditional dressage techniques in action
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| Cadre Noir |
Musee Des Blindes ( tank museum) The largest museum of its kind in Europe, displaying not only tanks but a wide range of other armored vehicles , over 150 of them in all, most of them in working order, plus another 700 vehicles.
Abbaye Royale De Fontevraud The largest surviving complex of monastic buildings in Europe. In its heyday the abbey was one of the western worlds key spiritual and cultural centres.
Musee Du Champignon Here you can see various stages of the production of Saumur's famous button mushrooms plus some more exotic varieties as well, like Oyster mushrooms, shii-take or wood blewits.
Caves De Saumur, Saumur's wine makers who all use traditional methods and are always striving for even higher quality wines. Red, White and Rose' (called Rose de Loire), Saumur-Champigny, Cremant de Loire, and the king of them all , the very dry sparkling Saumur Brut, the perfect choice for special occasions. All these wines mature gently in long galleries tunnelled out of the tufa rock.
Troglodyte village a village cut out of the rock. Some of the houses or caves have been modernised so you could live in them today.
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| Troglodyte Village |
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| Saumur at Night |
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