Things to do in Saumur
Around Saumur, Notrebellefrance lists 13 tourist sites within 18 km, including 5 castles, 4 museums and 2 villages. Not to be missed: Château de Saumur, Saumur and Abbaye Royale Fontevraud.
Château de Saumur
Home of the Dukes of Anjou in the fourteenth century, then residence of the town's governors, a prison, and an arms and munitions depot, the Château de Saumur was bought by the town in 1906 to house the municipal museum.
Saumur
Town of the French cavalry and sparkling wines, whose white-turreted castle elegantly overlooks the banks of the Loire.
Abbaye Royale Fontevraud
Founded in 1101 by Robert d'Arbrissel, heir to a prestigious past, the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud became in 1975, through the combined impetus of the Pays de la Loire Region and the Ministry of Culture, a Cultural Meeting Centre entrusted with heritage management.
Dolmen de Bagneux
One of the largest dolmens in Europe, in the heart of a garden in Saumur.
Musée de la Cavalerie
Set in the former stables of the Cadre Noir, the museum traces the history of the French cavalry from Charles VII to today's tanks.
Musée des blindés
Musée du Champignon
Château de Brézé
Montsoreau
Very near a royal abbey, Montsoreau is built around its fifteenth-century castle, between Loire and hillside.
Château-Musée de Montsoreau
The château de Montsoreau is the only Loire château built with its "feet" in the water.
Candes-Saint-Martin
In Gaulish "candate" means confluence, and it is at the meeting place of the Vienne and the Loire that the village settled.
Château de Montreuil-Bellay
The château de Montreuil-Bellay is a vast medieval construction, several times remodelled and standing in the heart of the walled town of Montreuil-Bellay in Anjou, in the Maine-et-Loire département.
Musée Troglo
The village of Rochemenier is the most complete troglodyte site in the Loire Valley.