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THE TROGLODYTE VILLAGES AROUND SAUMUR<\/h1>\n\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\n\n
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Anjou\u2019s soft tuffeau stone encouraged troglodyte dwellings. The region thus has many underground sites to visit: the underground fortress of Br\u00e9z\u00e9, cellars and extraction galleries, but also farms and even whole villages carved into the rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 kilometres from Camping Paradis Les Nobis, the Rochemenier museum-village is a troglodyte ensemble of farms, a communal hall and a chapel. You discover daily life through a documented underground trail, period objects and furniture. Augmented-reality features, virtual tours of troglodyte sites around the world, and projected shadow effects bring the site up to date. Rochemenier village also hosts an art installation on troglodyte living: the Troglosph\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 D\u00e9nez\u00e9-sous-Dou\u00e9, les maisons troglodytiques des Forges sont \u00e9galement ouvertes \u00e0 la visite. On y d\u00e9couvre, \u00e0 travers un parcours libre d\u2019une heure environ, le quotidien des paysans du 197 si\u00e8cle. Cet ensemble troglodyte est situ\u00e9 \u00e0 moins de 20 km de votre camping<\/strong>.
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2 TROGLODYTE SITES NOT TO BE MISSED!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

11 km from Montreuil-Bellay, in Dou\u00e9-en-Anjou, the Troglodyte et Sarcophage site is listed as a Historic Monument: this unusual place, a former sarcophagus quarry, is remarkably complete and ideal for discovering the many uses of troglodyte sites in Anjou over 1,500 years. Still in Dou\u00e9-en-Anjou, a few kilometres from Camping Les Nobis, the Troglos de la Sabli\u00e8re tell you more about falun extraction and the underground shelters of the region. You will also find a troglodyte dwelling and a fossil exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vall\u00e9e des Goupilli\u00e8res is a little farther from Montreuil-Bellay: set in Azay-le-Rideau, about an hour\u2019s drive away, it can be visited after the ch\u00e2teau, for example. The 2-hectare site is ideal for a historic, countryside walk with the family. You wander freely among troglodyte farms, stables, wells, bread ovens and silos carved into the rock. A fun trail for children lets them explore at their own pace. The site also includes a medieval kitchen garden and farm animals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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UN SITE TROGLODYTE SOUTERRAIN ORIGINAL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An original underground site, Pierre et Lumi\u00e8re is in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent, 20 kilometres from Montreuil-Bellay. A miniature park nestled in the rock, Pierre-et-Lumi\u00e8re houses sculptures of around twenty sites in the region, villages or monuments. A tribute to the builder, the site is made magical by an artistic lighting of the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Troglodyte sites are one of the faces of Anjou and the Loire Valley. Some of these unusual places are home to restaurants serving local specialities: near your Camping Paradis Les Nobis, discover for example the pommes tap\u00e9es troglos in Turquant, the caves of Marson where you can taste fou\u00e9es, or Les Cath\u00e9drales de la Saulaie, set in a former falun quarry in Dou\u00e9-en-Anjou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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THE TROGLODYTE VILLAGES OF THE LOIRE VALLEY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During your stay at the campsite in Saumur, set out to discover the troglodyte villages of the Loire Valley. A thousand kilometres of underground galleries make the Saumur area France\u2019s greatest concentration of troglodyte sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the most impressive are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mushroom museum in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent introduces you to the amazing world of wild and cultivated mushrooms. And also the Ch\u00e2teau de Br\u00e9z\u00e9: a ch\u00e2teau beneath a ch\u00e2teau, 16 km from the campsite; the Dou\u00e9-la-Fontaine troglodyte site 12 km from your holiday base, the most complete and unusual; and the Perri\u00e8res troglodyte caves\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are looking for a holiday rental near the troglodyte villages of the Saumur area, contact the 4-star camping**** Les Nobis on 02 41 52 33 66 to check availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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