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Luxury boutique hotels in Saumur

Unlike many small Loire towns, SAUMUR is not completely dominated by its château, nor by the military, though it's been the home of the French Cavalry Academy, and its successor, the Armoured Corps Academy, since 1763. Even the local sparkling wines are based elsewhere. Saumur itself is simply a peaceful and pretty place, spread along both banks of the Loire and over a small island in the middle of the river.

Saumur's Château, Abbaye de Fontevraud, Sights beyond the town centre, Troglodyte dwellings

The stretch of the Loire from Chinon to Angers, which passes through Saumur, is the loveliest part of the river, with the bizarre added draw of troglodyte dwellings carved out of cliffs as early as the twelfth century.