The Restaurant Clémence is in the village of Saint Julien de Concelles, on the banks of the Loire river. We are picked up again by Franck Pasquier. Franck is the founder of the agency VLO (Vignoble Loisirs organisation), organizing tours to the wine-growing estates as well as boat trips and events. He drives us safely […]
A boat trip on the Loire river
Our boat trip on the Loire starts in the village of Les Carroueils. In the morning, the fisherman Claude Janin welcomes us at his mooring. Besides fishing, he offers boat tours for tourists on the Loire during the summer. During the winter, he earns his living with the production of his own fish pies. He […]
Villa Lemot – Clisson
The Villa Lemot lies in a picturesque park, the so-called Domaine de la Garenne Lemot. The park was created at the beginning of the nineteenth century by the sculptor François-Frédéric Lemot and belongs to both the communities and Gétigné Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique and the community Cugand in the department of Vendée. The area was […]
Chateau de Clisson
Clisson, a picturesque town in the region Pays de la Loire, is approx. 30 km south of Nantes. The town is dominated by a mighty castle, the Château de Clisson on a rock above the Sevre Nantaise, at the mouth of the Moine. The castle was the seat of the Lords of Clisson, to whom […]
Chateau du Côing – Saint Fiacre
Chateau du Côing lies at the confluence of Sèvre Nantaise and Maine in the village of Saint Fiacre, not far from the city of Nantes. The castle owes its name to this location, because Côing is the old french word for corner (French: Coin). Already since 1421 , the family of the present owner Véronique […]
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