Walk: 16km; total: 89km
We slept in a bit this morning - 6:25am! After a breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon and baked beans, bread, and cereal, Greg went for a walk whilst Wendy attended to some personal admin (washing and updating spreadsheets, etc). We were waiting for the tourist info centre to open at 10am. Armed with our trusty map from them, we followed the blue line in the morning and the orange line on the afternoon, for a total walk of 16km.
In 2022 Angers was ranked as France’s greenest city, the best city to live in and most recently the best metropolis for biodiversity. Angers offers a fantastic balance of city life and nature. Their buses all run 100% on biofuel and they have a lot of green space. The location is pretty good too, situated in the heart of France’s third biggest winemaking region and of the Loire Valley World Heritage Site. It has an historic quarter with narrow streets and many heritage buildings.
We enjoyed wandering the streets and seeing the sights. Whilst there were a lot of people around, it didn’t feel crowded, except at the fresh food markets this morning. We probably could have done with one more day here for Wendy to truly appreciate some of the history contained within some of the museums and galleries. Wendy also missed the Cointreau distillery; that would have been tasty!
Photos not in chronological order, sorry!
Le Domaine National du Chateau d’Angers et la tapisserie de l’apocalypse
Chateau under renovation
Pano of the Maine River from the ramparts of the chateau
Medieval Houses, about 500 years older than Australia has been Australia
La Cathedrale Saint-Maurice
View from the Cathedral
Clay figurines
Le Grand Theatre
Our dinner venue last night, Le Pub
Le Musee Prince
Street view
Town Hall
Palais de Justice d’Angers
Vietnam war memorial
Jardin du Mail, they like their open spaces in the cities, which is fantastic
Streetscape
Early Angers
Le Grand Theatre
Chateau d’Angers and gardens
Le Pont de Verdun
Saint Maurice Cathedral
Angers markets, fresh food, flowers, clothes, and other stuff
Pano of the area around the Museum of Fine Arts (Le Musee des Beaux-arts)
Le Musee des Beaux-Arts
Chateau and gardens
Medieval door
Le Musee Jean-Lurcat
La Place du Tertre Saint-Laurent
15th-16th Century mansions and houses
Medieval street
Verdun bridge
Chateau walls from the river
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