Outdoor games are available from May onwards weather permitting. We have games like boules, volley-ball and table tennis (please bring your own bats and balls) as well as the pool and there are tennis courts and riding stables 2 kms from here. There is a good golf course about 20 kms away and 13 kms from here is a huge forest with lots of wildlife.

Ligueil (7 kms) has a market on Monday mornings and Loches (12 kms) has markets on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, full of farm fresh fruit and vegetables, local hams and cheeses, bread, fish, meat and flowers, sometimes wild mushrooms, sometimes home made preserves. There are also numerous local restaurants to choose from.

Just outside Poitiers, an hour from here, is Futuroscope, a large science and technology park that both adults and children can enjoy. The old part of Poitiers is pleasant to walk around and there are lots of good shops and museums. Further away just outside Paris, is Euro-Disney (3 1/2 hours driving). Le Grand Pressigny 30 minutes away,is famous for its unique-in- Europe Prehistoric museum. And of course a lot of vineyards and famous French wines. Wine tasting within 45 minutes’ drive: Chinon, Bourgueil, Vouvray, Montlouis etc.. The owners will help you plan your days’ outings to the exceptional Loire Valley Chateaux: Loches, Amboise, Chambord,Villandry, Cheverny and hundreds of other outstanding chateaux. A world-wide famous Zoo is just 45 minutes away. The capital of the garden of France, TOURS, offers you everything you can dream of:concerts,theaters, museums, Cathedral, Basilica with Saint Martin’s tomb attracting thousands of pilgrims every year, you will discover the famous place Plumereau with its incredible medieval restaured houses. Tours really deserves its nickname of "little Paris"