For your holiday in France - the village of Le Grand Pressigny in the Southern Touraine region of the Loire Valley, is a destination for discerning tourists.
Les Balcons
in Le Grand Pressigny is
a substantial 3 bedroom house ( sleeps 6)over two floors with a delightful raised balcony offering lovely views to give you a countryside feel but with all the village amenities.
Le Bourg is a lovely riverside barn conversion with separate 'petite maison' (sleeps 6+). The house is in the village of Barrou, 7k from Le Grand Pressigny and as the name suggests is located in the centre
of the village. Its situation means you have the benefits of experiencing a small French village but you are also ideally placed to visit all the major attractions of the Loire valley plus some of the highlights of the neighbouring department of 'Vienne.
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 Le Grand Pressigny, '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 plus hire bicycles.
There is a small Market day here every Thursday (am) in
the church car-park.
Le Grand Pressigny has a couple of fine restaurants, 'Chez Grand Ma' (pictured left) and 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!
You can find some excellent sketches and some history of the streets of Le Grand Pressigny... here
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!
The public transport system within the countryside of Touraine is well subsidised making access to the city of Tours from villages affordable. So you can still take advantage of this lovely city without using the car.To travel up from Le Grand Pressigny you will be charged only 1.70euros each way - great value and a good day out !
Find the stress free holidayFrance has to offer here in the Loire Valley.
The chateau also contains the
recently refurbished PalaeontologyMuseum
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.
Photo: Matthias Rummer, 2002
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.
