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The Old Walnut Mill  Delightful, spacious 2 bedroom  19th Century Loire Valley house for rent in the peaceful village of Barrou in the department of Indre et Loire,France. The village’s location halfway between the regional capitals of Tours and Poitiers makes it an ideal base to explore the Loire Valley and Vienne. 

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La Fleche is the oldest zoo in France (1946) but still retains a freshness even after all these years, helped by its location amid natural woodland (like Beauval) and landscaped gardens.It is more than just a zoo, it has a marine world which hosts aquatic shows, a falcon show or the parrot acrobat show, its a great day out.

This zoo has approximately 1200 animals, 130 different species,  from the five continents, spread over 15 hectares.

The zoo has a triple vocation: to distract, educate and protect.
It also makes it possible to sensitize any visitor on the need to protect our natural environments, while spending a pleasant day out.It safeguards more than 25 threatened species and celebrates more than one hundred births per annum.

The zoo continues to evolve and develop as near natural habitats for its animals whether its grasslands, the tropics or near Artic conditions .

The zoo is open all the year:

- April: 9h30/18h00
- May 1 /September 30: 9h30/19h00 (July and August: 9h30/20h)
- October 1 /March 31: 10h00/12h00 - 13h30/17h30
- School Sunday and Holidays: 10h00/17h30

Between Mans and Angers, A11 Motorway - free Carpark and instruction.

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