The Loir Valley invites you to travel around a region that is home to innumerable treasures. Along tracks and little roads, cycle off to explore places full of emotion, nature and history, across subtle and varied landscapes. Associating the pleasures of gastronomy, a warm welcome and stops in châteaux and fine residences…this tour offers you an opportunity for discovery not to be found elsewhere!

Day 1 - Dissay-sous-Courcillon.
Arrival at the end of the afternoon in le Prieuré.
Dinner at the restaurant opposite.
1st night at le Prieuré.
: We especially like: your hosts welcome you with a glass of wine in the vaulted room. The bedrooms, opening on to the garden, give a taste of the secret charm of elegant 16th century homes: beams, pictures, period furniture… The warmed swimming-pool!

Day 2 - Dissay -> Dissay 65 Km
Day of relaxation at le Prieuré or The proposed itinerary takes you to Couture where you can visit the Manor house of La Possonière, where the poet Ronsard was born, and to the craft village of Poncé. Then the route runs alongside the vineyards of Coteau des Jasnières and across the forest of Bercé, with oak trees several hundred years old.
Dinner at the restaurant opposite.
2nd night at le Prieuré.

Day 3 - Dissay -> Durtal 68 Km
Today's route winds through apple orchards and leads you to Rotrou Mill, where you will meet Ginette, the former miller. In Le Lude, you can visit the château with its richly furnished rooms and its gardens alongside the Loir.
Dinner and 3rd night bed and breakfast au chäteau.
: We especially like: A majestic driveway through the beautiful forest surroundings leads to this hunting lodge, transformed over the years into a delightful 18th century style château. You will love walking in the grounds with their formal gardens.

Day 4 - Durtal -> Durtal 74 Km
Day of relaxation at château de Chambiers or Today's route will enable you to discover the "cités de caractère" of Asnières-sur-Vègre and Parcé-sur-Sarthe". If you are in Solesmes at 5 pm, don't miss a visit to the abbey to attend sung mass with Gregorian chant!
Dinner and 4th night at the same place.

Day 5 - Durtal -> Seiches 55 Km
The itinerary goes through La Flèche, a charming small town on the banks of the Loir where you can visit the Prytanée National Military Academy, founded by Henry IV. And the zoo offers an exotic verdant setting. En route, you go through the village of Les Rairies which has made its living, since the Middle Ages, from transforming clay.
Dinner and 5th night at Domaine de Bré.
: We especially like: at the heart of a national forest covering 400 hectares, Brigitte and Eric welcome you for dinner and the night in their elegant house, built in 1850, in quiet and relaxing surroundings near a river.

Day 6 - Seiches -> Seiches 62 Km
Day of relaxation at Domaine de Bré or Today's route goes through Château du Plessis Bourré, Only 10 Miles North of Angers, where the Minister of Finance and principal confidant of King Louis XI built in the 15th century this elegant fortress. Other place to see: "Maison the la Ricière" in Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe, on the banks of the river Sarthe.
Dinner and 6th night at Domaine de Bré.

Day 7 - Seiches-sur-le-Loir
End of the program after breakfast.

Ideas for a stay...

√ Luggage transported
√ Half pension
√ Resting possible 1 day out of 2
√ Taxi transfer (the last day)
√ An information pack containing your itinerary, accompanied by IGN maps in colour, tourist information on the Loir valley…