There are many ways to discovery the surroundig.
You can also have a walk around the lake or fishing.
La « Vallée Royale de l’Eure » :
- At 2 miles, Nogent le Roi, you can admire this typical village with his gothic church of the 15th century and 17th century. You can find a mass of timber-framed houses and an animal park where a hundred fallow deer roam free.
- Dreux will delight you by his « Chapelle Royale St louis » which profit by the talent of many designers like Delacroix, Millet, Pradier ….)The stained glasses are realised by the “manufacture de Sèvres”.
- The « musée du vignoble Drouais » will relate you the history of middle age winegrowing.
- The « château de Maintenon » build by Louis 14th, king of France for his mistress « Madame de Maintenon”. The garden was imagined and realised by Vauban.
- « Saint Piat », archaeological and megalithic site.
- The Anet’s cattle, once home of Diane de Poitiers, lover’s of the king Henri II.
CHARTRES :
- You will be fascined by the « cathédrale de Chartres” and her single architecture.
It’s an UNESCO wordl’s heritage site.
- The tourist’s train will give you the possibility to discover the town in her global’s way, the new and the last town.
- The « centre international du vitrail » and his glass techniques courses.
- The « Compa » agricultural museum is the most visited place of the middle region.
- The house and garden of « Picassiette » realises with pieces of broken crockery.
La Route du Blé :
- The renaissance castle of « Montigny le Gannelon » overlooking the River Loir Valley.
- Castel of « Villebon »,14th century residence of the Duc de Sully
- Bonneval, fortified town and the « Abbaye St Florentin”.
- « Illiers combray » where you can visit the Marcel Proust’s museum.
- Pierres and his mediaeval’s garden of Bois Richeux.
Manor’s farm of the 12th and 14th century.
- Castle of Villeprevost, beauce’s manor of the 18th century.
- War’s museum of « Loigny la Bataille ».
- Chateaudun’s castle the first castle of Loir Valley with his feudal, gothic, renaissance’s architecture.
- The natural’s caves of Foulon wich bring you « under » the Chateaudun’s town.
- Visits of the windmill and privates castle of the région : Courtalain, Loigny la Bataille,Méréglise
Near Paris
you can visit the Tour Eiffel, Notre Dame de Paris, use the fabulous « bateaux mouches », have a walk by the Seine with his many booksellers.
There are too the Beaubourg center, the latin quarter, the « arc de triomphe », Eurodisney….
Near of the castle of the Loire valley
we are situated at the perfect point of departure for many and many excursions and visits.
Stand against the yveline’s region you can also discover :
- her religious architecture :
- « Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay » : implanted on the chevreuse’s valley it’s a magnificent abbey of the 13th century.
- « SKYT DU SAINT ESPRIT » : edified in 1938 on a pure bysantin’s style.
- « ABBAYE NOTRE DAME DE LA ROCHE » :old abbey of the 12th century which have sheltered a Vierge’s statue.
- Her curiosity :
- Boat’s chapel of the boatmans created on 1935. It’s today a mutual aid center.
- LAITERIE DE LA REINE : impulse of Marie-Antoinette offered by Louis XVI to the queen.
- CHAUMIERE AUX COQUILLAGES : build on 1775 by the duke of Penthièvre. Walls and ceiling are covered with shellfish.
- Her castels :
- Château de Breteuil
- Château de Dampierre
- Château de la Madeleine
- Château de Maison
- Château de Mauvières
- Château de Neuville
- Château de Rambouillet
- Château de St Germain
- Château de Thoiry
- Château de Versailles
