Surroundings and activities

Around the country ledge you can: rest in the park under the pergola, or by the pond, you can walk or hike or bike whether you are young or old.

Leaving Vallet, one can visit the most famous castles and places of great interest: at 12 Km distance: Amboise, Chenonceau, the Aquarium in Touraine, the Pagoda of Chanteloup, Clos Luce (last home of Leonardo da Vinci), the Mini Châteaux, La Bourdaisière, its own conservatory of tomato and vegetable garden.

A little further to North-East: Chaumont sur Loire and its famous gardens, Blois, Chambord, and Cheverny. Towards the South, South-West: Loches, Langeais, Usse, Azay le Rideau, Villandry and its beautiful gardens.

For music lovers:
Concerts in Tours, at l'Abbaye de Fontevraud (The Fontevraud Abbey) or at La Grange de Meslay (one of the most ancient fortified farms of the thirteenth century).

For wine lovers:
Wine sampling at a few miles east: St Martin le Beau, Montlouis, Vouvray on the banks of the Loire. A little further, Chinon, Coteaux Cravant, St Nicolas de Bourgueil, Bourgueil - 45 to 60 minute drive and further away, Saumur.

For sports lovers:
tennis, canoeing and swimming pool in Bléré - 5km. away. Riding - 5Km away. Fly over the castles in a hot air balloon, or airplane from Dierre, on the other side of the Cher River.