🏰 The Loire Valley: The Legacy of Kings

The river, the last wild giant of Europe, guides your steps towards sites of rare architectural finesse.

• Saumur and Anjou: Admire the Château de Saumur overlooking the Loire and explore the troglodytic dwellings carved into the rock. This is also the land of the Cadre Noir, the elite of French horsemanship.

• The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud: One of the largest medieval monastic cities in Europe, where the effigies of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lionheart rest.

• Angers: Visit its schist and limestone fortress which houses the monumental Apocalypse Tapestry.

🐘 Nantes: The Creative Effervescence

Formerly the city of the Dukes of Brittany, Nantes is today the laboratory of the imagination.

• Machines of the Island: Let yourself be transported by the Great Articulated Elephant, a creature of steel and wood worthy of the tales of Jules Verne.

• The Château des Ducs de Bretagne: An urban fortress that tells the maritime and mercantile history of the city.

🌊 A Coastline of Salt and Light

The Loire coast offers a great diversity of seascapes.

• The Guérande Salt Marshes: A checkerboard of water mirrors where salt workers harvest "white gold" using age-old techniques.

• La Baule: A 9-kilometer bay of fine sand, ranked among the most beautiful in the world, bordered by pine trees and charming villas.

• Noirmoutier and Île d'Yeu: Accessible via the mythical Passage du Gois at low tide, these islands are paradises for lovers of cycling, mimosas and wild coves.

🎭 Puy du Fou: History on a Grand Spectacle

Voted several times "best park in the world", Puy du Fou in Vendée offers a spectacular immersion in time, from gladiator fights to falconry shows, in an exceptional natural setting.

🍴 A Terroir Between Sea and River

• Seaside: Oysters from Vendée-Atlantique and sardines from Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie.

• On the land side: Guérande salt, Anjou rillauds and the famous beurre blanc which perfectly accompanies pike-perch or pike.

• In the glasses: The freshness of a Muscadet or the finesse of a Saumur-Champigny.

"In the Pays de la Loire region, time flows as gently as the river, and the Atlantic welcomes you with open arms at every tide."