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Les Balcons in Le Grand Pressigny is a substantial 3 bed room house over two floors with a delightful raised balcony offering lovely views to give you a countryside feel but with all the village amenities.

The Old Walnut Mill Delightful, spacious 2 bedroom 19th Century Loire Valley house for rent in the village of Barrou only 10 minutes from Le Grand Pressigny .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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The village of Le Grand Pressigny (Indre et Loire), in the Southern Touraine region of the Loire Valley, with its chateau ruins and prehistoric history is not only a destination for Palaeontologists but also the discerning tourist. The village has a charm of its own plus all the practical features of an active community such as a pharmacist, doctor, butcher, baker, grocer, bookshop, florist, hairdresser and hardware store.

There are three bars in the village 'Le Jean Bart' one in 'Chez Grand Ma's' and the ' Prehisto' to link to the town's history !

There is a very good tourist office in the centre of the village giving information on the delights of the Loire Valley, Touraine and also of its close neighbours in the department of Vienne. You can access the internet from here for a small fee.

There is a small Market day here every Thursday (am) in the church car-park.

There are a couple of restaurants in the village, 'Chez Grand Ma' (pictured left) and the the restaurant in the hotel 'Le Savoie Villars'. Both have inside and outside eating areas and lunchtime and evening menus to suit most pockets.

If you are celebrating something special and want a dining experience then you can dine at the 'Mitchelin Star' “La Promenade” in the nearby village of Le Petit Pressigny.

An unforgettable experience.

Booking is necessary here :

11 Rue Savoureulx, Le Petit Pressigny‎. Tel: 02.47.94.93.52‎

Le-Grand-Pressigny throws up a few surprises as you walk around it, no matter what time of year, like, --Spring by the stadium --

the Summer sun behind the chateau --

the wild flower field behind it in Autumn --

the narrow streets sheltering from Winter, an all-year round delight!

There is a heated Municipal swimming pool in the village. It has a standard pool plus paddling pools for younger swimmers. It is open from the end of June to the end of August from mid morning, though as with most things in France, closes at lunchtime!

Chateau Le Grand Pressigny

The quality of its architecture and gardens make the chateau an interesting place to visit.

Prehistory Museum:

Photo: Matthias Rummer, 2002

The chateau also contains the recently refurbished Palaeontology Museum located in a controversial modern extension to the chateau. The reason for its location here is that Prehistoric man lived in this area for four hundred thousand years, attracted by the abundant high-quality flint which could be fashioned into superb tools.

Their reputation spread (tweeter perhaps?) to other regions; in the later Neolithic age large blades were exported, particularly to the Alps. Models and videos complete the exhibition and give much information on the life of prehistoric man.

"PAYSAGES NOCTURNES"

For the past eight years, in July,the village has lived a unique artistic adventure, 'Night Landscapes', is presented by professional actors plus local volunteers with a variety of entertainment over the three days and nights

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