A mere 800km of cycling along the Loire Valley
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 Vineyard Hotels, Gites, B&Bs to stay in France
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Of you are in the Loire Valley for the weekend of 3-4 September 2011, you can explore the vineyards in a different way, Vignes, Vins et Randos is an organised series of walks throughout the Loire Valley at various locations from the Atlantic Coast through Muscadet, Anjou, Saumur as far east as Touraine: Organised hikes ………Continue reading Vines, wines and ramblings – Loire Valley Our ocassional series of articles using local knowledge to help you get the best out of a visit to different parts of France. Saumur (49 Maine et Loire, Pays de Loire) Where to stay
Le Bellevue English/French family-owned Gite and B&B (Chambres d’Hote) – Le Bellevue on a vineyard run by Sarah-Jane Beaumont ………Continue reading Le weekend …. in and around Saumur At Saumur there is a famous French National horse training school – Le Cadre Noir which holds regular open days for the general public to admire these magnificent animals and their skills. For 2009 the dates are April 9, 16 and 21; May 2,9,14 and 28; June 4,11,18 and 25; July 2,23 and 30; August ………Continue reading Show Horses at Saumur Throughout 2009 the Chateau d’Angers (49 Maine-et-Loire) in the heart of the Loire Valley, celebrates the 600th Anniversary of King René, Duke of Anjou and “Knight of the Arts” who was born there on 16 January 1409. Ten sites in the province of Anjou invite you to celebrate this 600th anniversary through a wide ………Continue reading 600th Anniversary of King René, Duke of Anjou The annual grape harvest is always an exciting time in the vineyard, but also an anxious time, full of hard work to get the grapes picked in their optimum condition and then managing the vagaries of the fermentation process. It is also a time when visitors are not generally welcome – there being too ………Continue reading Get a taste of the Grape Harvest in the Loire! There’s a new free map and guide available from InterLoire (the official wine body for the region) to the vineyards of the Loire Valley available to download and in English:- The light glistening on the river and its tributaries is a wonderful sight. The cellars carved into white limestone, magical châteaux, magnificent gardens, hillsides ………Continue reading Loire Valley Wine route – free map and guide Doué-la-Fontaine (49 Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire), south of Angers, self-styles itself as “the Rose Garden of France!” and also claims to be the largest rose production area in the whole of Europe cultivating more than 7 million roses annually.! The town celebrates this with its Journées de la Rose (Rose Days) Festival from 12-16 ………Continue reading Fete de la Rose at Doue la Fontaine Reminiscent of Elizabeth David’s very readable book An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (Cook’s Classic Library) about France and cooking, Beaulieu-sur-Layon (49 maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire) holds its Omelette Festival (Foire a l’Omelette) alongside a Wine Fair with wines from the Anjou, Bordeaux, Champagne and elsewhere on the weekend of 2-3 August 2008 ………Continue reading Omelette and Wine Festival at Beaulieu sur Layon |
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