5th Day
- Visit of la maison du vin
- Winetasting - Coteaux de l’Aubance or Coteaux du Layon
- Visit of
Brissac Castle (except in winter)
« le géant du val de Loire »
This castle has 7 floors and 204 rooms. Acquired by René of Cossé in 1502,
it is today the residence of the 13th Duke of Brissac.
- Visit of
Château d’Angers
This has been the residence of the Earls of Anjou since the IXth century.
This powerful family has ruled part of Europe,
England with Henri IInd Plantagenet in 1154, and from 1266 to 1480, part
of Italy with the Kingdom of Naples,
Croatia, Hungary and Poland.
The castle harbours the famous tapestries of Apocalypse
ordered by Louis IInd of Anjou.