Angers and its surroundings

Angers, City of Art and History and the 1st green city in France

The heritage of Angers can be experienced and discovered in the heart of the city. Visit the city of Angers around the banks of the Maine, its half-timbered houses dress the facades of the Doutre and cathedral districts. Between lively squares and pedestrian streets, stores and antique dealers are a delight for walkers.

The castle-fortress, which houses the famous Apocalypse Tapestry, but also the Saint Martin collegiate church, the Fine Arts museum, the David d'Angers gallery or the Jean-Lurçat museum in the superb Saint-Jean hospital, is the pride of the 270,000 inhabitants of the city.

Capital of the Anjou region but also the capital of vegetation in France, Angers has been in first place for several years on the national podium of the greenest cities. Numerous parks and gardens offer residents and visitors alike real bubbles of air and places to relax. With numerous green spaces and zero phyto, a preserved urban plant heritage, Angers represents an exceptional city/nature balance.

The "softness of Angers", praised by Joachim du Bellay, is combined with the rich heritage of a historic province and the palette of renowned Loire wines.

Around its capital, Angers and its famous tapestries, the emblematic Cadre Noir of Saumur and the red handkerchief of Cholet, Anjou - or the department of Maine-et-Loire, named after its two main rivers - invites you to discover all the riches of tourism in the Loire Valley.

From the royal abbey of Fontevraud to the castle of Brissac, between wine tasting in the villages of the vineyard and unusual diving in the troglos of the Biopark - Zoo of Doué-la-Fontaine, along the Loire by Bike or in the gardens of Terra Botanica, Anjou will seduce you for your next stay or your vacations in Pays de la Loire