Parks & Gardens

Gardens, another approach to Poitou-Charentes

The art of the garden epitomizes the conjunction of several key components of the Poitou-Charentes mentality: a passion for nature, cultivation of the «good life», a taste for travel and discovery.

The passion of visionary gardeners has occasioned a renaissance of our most beautiful gardens. We offer neither sumptuous parks like Villandry nor state-of-the art facilities such as Chaumont-sur-Loire, but rather sites that constitute the reflection of an epoch or a passion; they are remembrances of a time when plants and flowers were at the heart of existence: the medieval garden is but one example. They are faithful mirrors of eclectic tastes: the grand romantic settings, the intimate botanical gardens; Poitou-Charentes humanism is perhaps most aptly expressed in the art of the garden…

Breathe, touch and appreciate a wide array of scents and aromas; stop and contemplate the innumerable nuances of subtle colors… Another way of escaping and forgetting the usual stress and pressure…

Fruity, peppery, spicy, woodsy, amber… the disquieting magic of aromatized plants will keep you spellbound, as you pay a visit to one of the numerous parks and gardens of Poitou-Charentes. They all allow for original discovery and are preludes to memorable romantic promenades with all the family.