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This is a perfect place to rest in comfort in the countryside with rural views from all sides of the property, yet it is still close to major roads, TGV trains and cultural sites. The local area is full of walking and biking routes. You can stroll to town through the countryside along the path or bike down the lane. Bikes are also at your disposal including kids bikes and child seats.
Just steps away from the house is a bridge over a small river - fun to bring the kids to feed the ducks and to fish. Across from the house, you can take a short hike up the hill to the chateau or walk the path from behind the house into town to another chateau.
The house is 2km from the quaint village of Le Grand-Pressigny with many amenities including a boulangerie, butcher, restaurants, tourist office, market, post office, banks, hotel, shops and a hillside chateau that houses a well known Prehistory museum.
Every Thursday there is a little market in the town square that offers fresh products from the town and region.
There is also a community center with tennis, pool, playground and soccer field 1 km from the house.
The town also has a picnic area by the river.
Tourism office in town square. Open 7 days, Monday to Saturday 9:30 – 12:30/14:00 – 18:00. Sunday and Holidays 10:00 – 12:30/14:30 – 17:30
Museum of Prehistory is located in the Chateau in town. The Chateau is at the top of a hill in town and has a picnic area and wonderful views. You can walk the grounds for free and there is a small admission fee for the museum.
Bars/Restaurants in town:
Chez ‘L Bistrot and Pizzeria, Open Wednesday thru Sunday 09:00 – 22:30, call ahead for large groups 02 47 19 27 26
Chez Grand’ Ma - Traditional cuisine,
Auberge Savoie-Villars - Hotel restaurant
PreHisto Bar - Bar-brasserie.
Some of them offer take out and catering.
Bakery – Open Tuesday thru Saturday 7:15 – 1:00/ 15:00 – 19:00, Sunday 7:15 – 12:30, Closed Monday
Epi Service – Grocery store Open 7 days. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Satuday 8:15 – 12:30/14:30 – 19:00. Wednesday and Sunday 8:30 – 12:30
Local chateaus that offer tours are easy distances to bike to with picnic areas 10 km away. There is also a very cute restaurant with an outdoor seating by the aviary full of brightly colored songbirds and parrots. You may even catch the mother feeding the babies! Very enjoyable for both kids and adults to see and hear!
Popular market towns of Loches and Chauvigny are 30 min away with markets a couple times a week.
Stable close by for horseback riding.
Le Grand- Pressigny, located in the Indre-et-Loire, is an ideal base to explore the Loire Valley countryside with many châteaux, medieval towns, beautiful villages, vineyards, gardens and markets.
A guest book at the house provides detailed information of local things to do close by within 15 minutes -hikes, picnic areas, local chateaus. It also includes many popular chateaux that can be reached in about an hour on a very pretty drive through the countryside.

Some information about things to do in the area is below. Please verify hours listed as they may have changed.
Bikes are also at your disposal including kids bikes and child seats. Local chateaus that offer tours are easy distances to bike to with picnic areas about 10 km away.
Le Grand-Pressigny Highlights
Just steps away from the house is a bridge over a small river - fun to bring the kids to feed the ducks and to fish.
Enjoy the new La Voie Verte. From the house, walk or bike to town on the tree lined path that used to be the old railway line.


In town:
Boulangerie, butcher, restaurants, tourist office, market, post office, banks, hotel, shops and the Le Grand-Pressigny hillside chateau that houses a well known Prehistory museum. The Chateau is at the top of a hill in town and has a picnic area and wonderful views. You can walk the grounds for free and there is a small admission fee for the museum.
Tourism office in town square. Open 7 days, Monday to Saturday 9:30 – 12:30/14:00 – 18:00. Sunday and Holidays 10:00 – 12:30/14:30 – 17:30
To take a short hike to another chateau across from the house: Go across the bridge from the house, take a left towards Le Grand-Pressigny and you will see a dirt road on your right marked for trails. Take a short hike up the hill to the chateau and from there you can continue to hike into Le Grand-Pressigny.
There is a community pool, tennis, playground and soccer field 1.6km from the house.
Markets: Every Thursday there is a little market in the town square that offers fresh products from the town and region. Loches- larger market Wednesday and Saturday morning.
Operating Hours of local business in Le Grand-Pressigny : ( Restaurants may close earlier than listed. Some of them offer take out and catering):
Le Comptoir Bistrot and Pizzeria, Open Wednesday thru Sunday 09:00 – 22:30
Chez Grand’ Ma - Traditional cuisine,
Auberge Savoie-Villars - Hotel restaurant
PreHisto Bar - Bar-brasserie.
Boulangerie – Open Tuesday thru Saturday 7:15 – 1:00/ 15:00 – 19:00, Sunday 7:15 – 12:30, Closed Monday
Epi Service – Grocery store Open 7 days. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Satuday 8:15 – 12:30/14:30 – 19:00. Wednesday and Sunday 8:30 – 12:30
10 minutes away:
Descartes- Intermarche for a larger market for essentials/ Restaurants- Pizzeria Pinocchio, L’assiete Cruese
Paulmy – has pond with picnic tables and is very easy to bike to.
Chateau de la Guerche- small Chateau on the river
Le Petit-Pressigny- 5 star Michelin Restaurant La Promenade
Saint-Remy-sur-Creuse there is the Ethni’citi, troglodyte village/ Restaurant: Le Paille en Queue -very cute restaurant with an outdoor patio by the aviary full of brightly colored songbirds and parrots. You may even catch the mother feeding the babies! Very enjoyable for both kids and adults to see and hear!
15-30 minutes away:
Loches - Medieval city with Royal palace & dungeon; popular market town- markets Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
La Roche-Posay - 20 minutes - Spa, swimming in the Creuse River, casino, race track.
Azay-le-Ferron - large Chateau with park and gardens, markets, concerts, medieval festival
Chauvigny - Popular weekly markets and birds of prey live show in the castle
Chatellerault – TGV Station, monuments, museums, fairs and festivals.
Other areas of Interest:
•30 min close to Loches are the villages of Beaulieu-les-Loches and Chanceaux-prés-Loches, both Ferriere-Larcon and Boussay are very pleasant.

•1 hour: Rigny-Usse; Chinon (wine caves); Tours; Vouvray (popular wineries); Chenonceaux; Amboise; Villandry; Richelieu; Poitiers; Futuroscope, Orleans (capital of the region) and Blois. We also suggest you visit Beaugency, site of one of the famous battles of Joan of Arc, and Valencay. A little further off the beaten track, to the north-east is the quiet village of Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes -very scenic.
TGV (high speed train) 30 min away in Chatellerault with trains to/from Paris (1.5 hours), Tours, Poitiers and La Rochelle on the coast.
Villages nearby that are classified among the 'most beautiful villages of France':
Lavardin (near Blois), Candes-Saint-Martin (near Saumur); Apremont-sur-Allier (near Nevers); Montresor (near Loches); St-Benoit-du-Sault and Gargilesse-Dampierre (near Argenton-sur-Creuse); and Crissay-sur-Manse (near Tours) and Angles-sur-l'Anglin (33 km).

Chateaux:
-25 minutes away Azay-le-Ferron
The most visited are:
• South-west of Orléans: the Château de Blois, the Château de Chambord, and Château de Cheverny, with Château de Valençay with park & garden is a little to the south of this group
• Between Blois and Tours: the Château de Chenonceau ( one of our favorites) and Château d'Amboise, as well as the Chateau de Clos-Lucé and Domaine Royale de Château-Gaillard, also in Amboise