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Saumur obtained its classification as Tourist station on January 17, 2014. A label that notes the quality of reception and facilities of the city and will allow additional spin-offs on tourism. The City has thus become the 116th municipality classified as a tourist resort in France, the 5th in the Pays-de-la-Loire and the first in the department.
Mar 1, 2024 · WHERE TO STAY IN Saumur. Downtown. Enjoy the city, its restaurants and beautiful architecture. Hotel Saint Pierre - a historic stay! - see prices, pictures and availability. Hotel Château La Marquise - prices, pictures and availability. Hotel Anne d'Anjou - prices, pictures and availability. In the countryside around.
- Musée Des Blindés
- Château de Saumur
- Musée Des Arts Décoratifs
- Pierre et Lumière
- Musée Du Champignon
- Cadre Noir
- Musée de Cavalerie de Saumur
- Église Saint-Pierre
- Loire Boat Trip
- Dolmen de Bagneaux
One of the world’s top tank museums is here in Saumur. The Musée des Blindés has almost 900 armoured vehicles, only a quarter of which can be shown at any time. This enormous cache of track vehicles was founded in 1977 and was the brainchild of Michel Aubry, an army colonel whose goal was to keep as many of these tanks in working order as possible....
Crossing the Loire into Saumur for the first time the sight of the château rising above the Loire is one that will stick with you. Dominating the skyline from a ridge this landmark started out as fortress in the 900s. Later, René of Anjou converted it into his plush “Château d’Amour” in the 1400s and the design hasn’t changed much since then. The b...
On the first floor there’s a lavish assortment of decorative items from the 1300s to the 1700s. A lot of the space is reserved for ceramics, especially fine porcelain from the 17th and 18th centuries, but there are also wonderful tapestries and furniture in pristine condition. You’re in Saumur, so it’s only right that there should be a room for equ...
Set in a cave, Pierre et Lumière is an ode to the wonders of the Loire Valley in Anjou and Touraine, with 20 sights, among them churches, châteaux and whole towns (the village of Baugé is a standout), all carved from tufa stone in scale models. The workmanship is almost unbelievable, and each sculpture is perfectly lit in these solemn subterranean ...
Pierre et Lumière’s neighbour is another journey underground, and you can get into the Musée du Champignon on a combined ticket. Mushrooms are big business around Saumur, giving France more than 80% of its white button variety. You can sate your appetite for mushroom facts in an atelier that harvests some 12 million tons a year and has the largest ...
The French National Horse-Riding School is unmissable if you want to understand Saumur’s centuries-old connection to equestrianism. The name, Cadre Noir comes from an elite corps of black-clad cavalry instructors, formed in 1828, and still making up the teaching staff at the academy. Members of the Cadre Noir regularly take gold in “eventing”, dres...
In the former stables of the Cadre Noir is a museum that will acquaint you with the 560-year history of the French cavalry. You’ll go back to the early days of the cavalry during the reign of Charles VII in the 15th century and come up to speed with the mechanised divisions that replaced horses a century ago. There are tableaux of history’s great b...
The gleaming facade of the church on Place Saint-Pierre is baroque, from the 1600s, but it conceals a far older romanesque and gothic structure. The church was founded around the time the Plantagenets held sway in this region of France. The interior has a few intriguing things to look out for: There’s a tapestry from the 1500s illustrating the life...
Moments from Pont Cessart and Saumur’s tourist office there’s a jetty where, from April to October, you can embark on lovely cruises on the Loire. The most popular excursion takes just under an hour, during which you’ll be introduced to the heritage and nature along the banks with the help of a multi-lingual guide. With luck you’ll be able to spot ...
A couple of kilometres south of Saumur is a fascinating megalithic monument: The Bagneaux Dolmen is one of the largest portal dolmens in Europe, and is remarkable for its height, with a chamber rising to 18 metres . The structure comprises 15 large slabs of sandstone and two wedging stones to help hold it all together. The dolmen dates back around ...
Attractions nearby. Saumur is famous for its elite riding squad, the Cadre Noir, and you can visit their base, the Ecole National d’ Equitation in St Hilaire St Florent, a suburb of Saumur. Various galas and shows take place throughout the year. The region around Saumur is well known for its prehistoric traces such as troglodyte caves and ...
- Wine Caves of Saumur. Famous for its wine the former troglodyte dwellings and stone quarries offered the perfect environment for maturing and preserving wine.
- Chateau of Saumur. Standing above the city the Chateau is the first thing you notice about Saumur. With its fairytale towers and mullioned windows, it was the inspiration for Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, an 11th-century illuminated manuscript Book of Hours created in about 1413.
- Musée des Arts Décoratifs. On the first floor, there’s a lavish assortment of decorative items from the 1300s to the 1700s. A lot of the space is reserved for ceramics, especially fine porcelain from the 17th and 18th centuries, but there are also wonderful tapestries and furniture in pristine condition.
- Saint-Pierre Square – Old Town Saumur. You can wander up to the Chateau from the Historic centre of Saumur Saint-Pierre Square. We found parking quite easily around the outskirts of the centre of the old town and enjoyed meandering around the square with its medieval buildings.
Saumur Val de Loire is an infinite range of accommodation (or almost) to get settled in the place that really suits you... Book your accommodation. Famous for the prestige of its equestrian galas and the lightness of its fine bubbles, Destination Saumur Val de Loire fascinates as much as it fascinates. It is to the rhythm of the Loire that it ...
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Feb 11, 2023 · Tourism essentially refers to the activities undertaken by visitors, also known as the visitor economy. The tourism industry encompasses all activity that takes place within the visitor economy. This includes activities that are directly related to the tourist, such as staying in a hotel, ordering a meal or visiting a tourist attraction.
