From La Roche Martel ; you are one hour by car from three main towns : Poitiers (and Futuroscope), Tours and Angers. Closer you will find :

• Loudun - 8 miles -- the country of Renaudot and sources of Acadia
• Saumur - 15 miles - with the castle, the famous ' cadre noir ' (one of the three most famous horse driving school), the wine cellars…
• Chinon – 15 miles - an old medieval town with its royal castle, and the memory of Jeanne d'Arc who met there the french king Charles VII.

You will also…

visit the Fontevraud abbey (5 miles) - famous site for its history, architecture and cultural activities - where are buried two kings of Englan, Henri II (and his wife Alienor) and Richard Lion Heart. Concerts, spectacles all the year around.have a walk along the marvellous landscapes of the Loire and Vienne valley, (6 miles) with typical villages (partly in cave dwelling troglodytes) :

• Montsoreau (" the lady of Montsoreau " by Alexandre Dumas), château (museum), village, troglodyte mushroom museum (famous "galipettes")
• Candes-Saint-Martin : picturesque village, magnificent strengthened roman church on the place where St Martin died, walk along the Vienne and Loire,…

Discover the country of Rabelais and the famous wines od Loire valley :

2 miles from la Roche, you will discover the nice village of Lerné, and farther Seuilly museum of la Devinière), where lived Rabelais, a medieval writer, whose most famous heroes where Gargantua and Pantagruel …

Discover and taste wines of Saumur, Saumur-Champigny, Chinon, Bourgueil, and others
Practice number of sports :

• Golf links of Loudun-Roiffé (1 mile )
• Horse riding and horse carriage rides
• Footpaths
• Karting(7 miles)
• Airfield (8 miles )
• Savigny et l’Ecomusée du Véron
• Canoeing on Loire and Vienne (6 miles)