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Thauvenay: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Accommodation in Thauvenay

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Thauvenay showcases its culinary side at the educational farm La Bête Noire, where visitors can learn about the production of Crottin de Chavignol. The farm is located near the Loire à Vélo route and offers tastings of five stages of Crottin de Chavignol maturation, accompanied by a glass of Loire wine or apple juice.

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Wine and Regional Specialities

Domaine Éric Louis offers guided tours of typical Sancerre cellars followed by a tasting of five Sancerre wines and Crottin de Chavignol. In Thauvenay, the Jeep Wine Tour offers four nostalgic wine-tourism trips by jeep, which can optionally be combined with wine, Crottin de Chavignol and apéritif platters.

Landscape

Thauvenay borders the Canal latéral à la Loire. The landscape around Thauvenay includes vineyards, wooded areas and meadows.

Culture and History

The parish church of Saint-Pierre in Thauvenay was built in 1865 according to plans by the arrondissement architect Charles Guillard. Two towers of the enclosure, with loopholes, are still preserved on the château grounds.

Geographical Location

The historic site of Abbaye de Chalivoy, the Cistercian monastery Abbaye cistercienne de Notre-Dame, the Île de Cosne island and the Montagne des Marnes hill are located in the vicinity of Thauvenay.

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In the wider region around Thauvenay are the Château de Gérigny, the ruins of Abbaye Notre-Dame des Roches, the Forêt de Beaujeu area classified as a hill, and the Motte d'Humbligny ou le Chaillou hill.

For the higher-level travel overview: Cher.

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