It's the promise made to all those which will choose to discover Mayenne, small rural department of the west of France. In the south of Normandy, on the road of Brittany and near the Loire Valley, Mayenne worked on the quality and the originality of its tourist accommodations.
Mayenne has a rich historical heritage always present.
In Jublains, the visitor can discover the Gallo-Roman life through his vestiges. In the ancient theatre, the “Festival des Nuits de la Mayenne" plays each year its more beautiful parts.
In Sainte-Suzanne, you could follow the steps of Guillaume-le-Conquérant who had never conquered this medieval city!
In Craon, the visit of the castle of the XVIIIème century and of the park is leaded by “Mister Le Comte", owner of the places and temporally journalist. Everywhere in the department, the “Petites Cités de Caractères" (exceptional renovated and restored town) will allure the amateurs of history which will be able to discover through the lanes, the panoramas and the small heritage lovingly restored by the residents.
In Mayenne, there are also astonishing places like the museum of “la Maison des Champs" at Cossé-le-Vivien where Robert Tatin, a local resident and multiple artist, created a space of sculptures and paintings resulting from his interior voyages; At Château-Gontier, more than 800 animals, from the owl to the tiger, were collected in the “Refuge de l'Arche", unique place in this kind in France.
In Mayenne, the flower is in all its forms! At Bouère, the amateurs of gardening can even combine their passion at their holidays. You can spend your holidays in the “Village Nature et Jardin" where a gardener proposes workshops for children and adults. In the cities, the villages, and the parks, the gardeners: professionals and amateurs create splendid floral decorations at the point to obtain the national label of the flowered department.
Finally in Mayenne, the visitors spend good moments, in family or with friends, far from the stress and the congestions, in a department which offers quite simply happiness at every moment. You will take again a little happiness, won't you ?...
Marne
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An holyday rental for 200 €
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Tarn
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From the Montagne Noire, the southern tip of the Massif Central, to the wide, tranquil plains of the Agout and Tarn rivers, and from the rugged unspoilt Ségala region to the rounded hills of the Vaurais, gateway to the sprawling plains of the Lauragais, the Tarn offers an enormou...
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