Marais Poitevin, Futuroscope or Puy du Fou : book a guest room at Villa Ayrault !
Vue du Château du Theil depuis la montgolfière
Tourist activities :
• Parthenay, listed Town of Art and History, 3 km,
on the chemin de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle route
(la Citadelle, Notre-Dame de la Couldre, Ste-Croix,
Porte St-Jacques, Parthenay-le-Vieux) – Guided visits
• 17th century chateau and gardens in
Saint-Loup Lamaire, 17 km
• The Garden “Les Jardins du Gué” in Lhoumois 12 km
• 12th and 13th century Abbey in Airvault, 24 km
• the Cité des Tanneurs (watch tanners at work) in
Lavausseau, 31 km
• the gallo-roman site in Sanxay, 33 km
• the stained glass museum and workshop in
Curzay-sur-Vonne, 37 km
• the château d’Oiron , 40 km
• the Marais Poitevin, 50 km (boat rides, adventure trails, hiking paths)
• Futuroscope, 55 km
• Puy du Fou, 70 km
Fun activities :
• hot air balloon rides on site from the property grounds (consult us) with the company « Montgolfières du Poitou ».
Flights are in the early morning or the evening just before sunset and are dependant on weather conditions.
• the animal park in Châtillon-sur-Thouet, 1 km
• cinema in Parthenay, 3 km
• water tow-pull circuit in Moncontour at the Gué de Magné Lake – Watersports centre, 33 km
• Pescalis, 35 km (fishing and activity centre : aquarium, underground trail, paths around the lakes on foot, bike, electric vehicule, pony, horse-drawn carriage…)
• Chantemerle Aventure, 35 km (circuits in the trees, tyrolean wires…)
• Sèvres Autruche : Ostrich farm, corn maze, 34 km
• Mouton-Village : Jardin des Agneaux (sheep), wool, cheese dairy, 26 km
• Le Nombril du Monde in Pougne-Hérisson, a poetic garden-museum, 34 km
• La Tour Nivelle, at the home of the writer Ernest Pérochon, a school of yesteryear, 34km
Sporting activities :
• hot air balloon rides on site from the property grounds (consult us) with the company « Montgolfières du Poitou ».
Flights are in the early morning or the evening just before sunset and are dependant on weather conditions.
• the animal park in Châtillon-sur-Thouet, 1 km
• cinema in Parthenay, 3 km
• water tow-pull circuit in Moncontour at the Gué de Magné Lake – Watersports centre, 33 km
• Pescalis, 35 km (fishing and activity centre : aquarium, underground trail, paths around the lakes on foot, bike, electric vehicule, pony, horse-drawn carriage…)
• Chantemerle Aventure, 35 km (circuits in the trees, tyrolean wires…)
• Sèvres Autruche : Ostrich farm, corn maze, 34 km
• Mouton-Village : Jardin des Agneaux (sheep), wool, cheese dairy, 26 km
• Le Nombril du Monde in Pougne-Hérisson, a poetic garden-museum, 34 km
• La Tour Nivelle, at the home of the writer Ernest Pérochon, a school of yesteryear, 34km
FESTIVALS :
• games : le Flip, Festival Ludique International de Parthenay
• music (jazz, blues, classical, baroque, folk, choirs, traditional and reworked…) : Terri’Thouars Blues (April),
Le Jazz bat la campagne (April, May, June), De Bouche à Oreille in Parthenay and Gâtine…
• theatre and street art : Le Nombril du monde (August) in Pougne-Hérisson, Festival Ah ? (May) in Parthenay and Gâtine
• dance : Musiques et danses du monde (July) in Airvault
• animal films FIFO Festival International du Film Ornithologique in Ménigoute
