Tourism - Maine-et-Loire

Maine-et-Loire is a French department that is part of the Pays de Loire region. It is surrounded by the departments of Ille-et-Vilaine, Mayenne, Sarthe, Indre-et-Loire, Vienne, Deux-Sèvres, Vendée and the Loire-Atlantique. Main cities are Angers, Cholet, Saumur, Segré, Baugé, Chemillé and Doué-la-Fontaine.

The remarkable sites and things worth the visit in the department are the Val de Loireand its numerous castles, its parks and flowery gardens listed as world heritage by UNESCO, the Royal de Fontevraud Abbey, the Apocalypse tapestry in the Castle of Angers, which is the largest tapestry in the world. The biggest cave network in Europe. The national riding school or ‘Cadre Noir de Saumur’ in Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent, the Cointreau Museum in Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou, the Brissac Castle, the Tors Bell tower of the Baugeois, the Anjou Cross in Baugé, the Saumur Museum housing the largest collection of armoured vehicles visible in France, the largest vineyards of Val de Loire, the vineyards of Layon, the vineyards of Saumur, the vineyards of Saumur-Champigny and the Castle of Angers, the most famous fortified castle in France.

Festivals in Maine-et-Loire are: the Festival of Anjou, the ‘Mondial du Lion d’Angers’, the festival Premiers Plans d’Angers, the Accroches-Coeurs d’Angers all taking place in Angers.

Top tourist cities in Maine-et-Loire

Tourism Angers : Capital of historic Anjou

Angers is a city in the Maine-et-Loire department in the north west of France located about 300 km of Paris. Angers is situated in the Pays de la Loire region and its inhabitants are called Angevins. Angers, the capital of the historic province of Anjou, is considered ...

Must : Château d'Angers, Cathédrale Saint-Maurice, Musée des beaux-arts

Tourism Cholet

Cholet is a city located in the North West of France, in the South West of the Maine-et-Loire department. The city is surrounded by the Vendée, the Loire-Atlantique and the Deux-Sèvres in the pays de la Loire region. Its population counts about 54 000 ...

Tourism Saumur

Saumur is a city located in the department of Maine-et-Loire in the Loire Valley. Located in the Regional Natural Park Loire-Anjou-Touraine, it is the city with the most people. The history goes back to Saumur 958, at which time the name of this city appears for the ...

Must : Château de Saumur, Musée du Champignon, Pierre et Lumière

Tourism Segré

Segré is a French commune, sub-prefecture of the department of Maine-et-Loire in the Loire region. Sights in Segré Castle of "La Lorie" Church "St-Madeleine" de Segré