Your base :
Angers
For art and history
lovers : its castle built in the reign of St Louis protects the most beautiful
collection of medieval tapestries ( the wall tapestry depicting the Apocalypse
), St Maurice's Cathedral has an impressive array of stain-glass windows. In
the fine Arts Museum you will admire the works of David the sculptor. The museul
is also well worth a visit.
Your ports
of Call on the Sarthe
Old architecture
facing the river : all along you route, at every turn of the river you will
see many manors and castles as well as magnificient abbeys. From your boat on
The Sarthe, you will be able to see these marvels in La Suze, Dureil,
Avoise, Sablé Souvigné, Moranne and Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe.
In Solesmes, you can admire the Benedictine abbey founded in the 11th-century.
You ports of
Call on the Mayenne
In Daon,
overlooking the river, we suggest you go by bicycle to the Escoublère
Manor. Both art lovers and ramblers can stop off at Château Gontier.
Worth a visit : the 11th-century St John's Church and its very beautiful crypt,
the Ursuline Convent and its 12th-century cloister.
Laval,
which was a major center of the Vendée insurrection against the French
revolution, will reveal its many architecural treasures.
In Chenillé
Changé, a small village typical of the Mayenne, you will discover
a fully-operational mill as well as an 11th- and 12th-century Church.
