Chaudefonds-Sur-Layon: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

The Moulins d’Ardenay are two windmills built at the end of the 18th century.

Planning a trip also includes the desire to find a holiday apartment in Chaudefonds-Sur-Layon.

Wine

Tastings at Domaine des Hauts Perrays offer dry Chenin white wines, sweet wines from the Coteaux du Layon appellation, red wines made from Cabernet Franc, sparkling wines and Crémants de Loire. Domaine des Hauts Perrays, located on the heights of Chaudefonds-sur-Layon, offers wine tourism tours. A visit includes a walk through the vineyards and a tour of the wine cellar.

Trails and landscape

The UNESCO interpretation trail “Entre vignes et mines” in Chaudefonds-sur-Layon is an easy 5.8-kilometre walking route; it is estimated to take around two hours. It includes a 2.1-kilometre loop to the Chapelle and the Moulins d’Ardenay. Hiking, horse-riding and cycling trails in Loire Layon Aubance can be accessed from Chaudefonds-sur-Layon.

Culture

The Moulins d’Ardenay site features an area about the miller’s life, an exhibition on the mills of Anjou and models showing the development of milling in the 18th century. The Malécots mining site near Ardenay in Chaudefonds-sur-Layon has a reconstructed headframe offering views of the Layon vineyards.

In the vicinity of Chaudefonds-sur-Layon, the Église Saint-Pierre de Chemillé is listed as a historic site. In the wider region around Chaudefonds-sur-Layon are the Le Repaire Urbain museum, the Galerie David d’Angers museum and the Ancien couvent de la Baumette monastery.

Other places: Chemellier, Noyant-La-Plaine, Turquant, Montilliers, Contigné, Saint-Rémy-En-Mauges, Maulévrier, Saint-Lambert-Du-Lattay

For the higher-level travel overview: Maine-Et-Loire.