Saumur, France Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Of all the Loire's comfortable towns, SAUMUR is perhaps the most elegantly bourgeois, with its graceful château lording it over the handsome townhouses spread out below on both banks of the river and on the large island mid-stream. The town's 250-year association with the military, as home to the French Cavalry Academy and its successor, the Armoured Corps Academy, has only further elevated its pretensions. Even the local sparkling wines are renowned for their charm. more »