Local crafts & tours

Close to the Loire Valley and its royal castles of Chambord, Blois... and the Marchenoir forest, we welcome you to La Grande Vove, a typical 15th-century Beauce Blésoise farm, to discover the hazelnut grove. As you wander through the orchard, you'll discover all the secrets of the hazelnut and its s...

 Roches

Public workshop, where you can experience the craftsmanship of an umbrella or parasol from cutting to final ironing. The visit is free. In our models, we selected a wide range of fabrics of different materials of the highest quality. We take great care in making each piece because each umbrella ha...

 Blois

Between the Château Royal and the Loire River, the Quartier des Arts offers visitors the spectacle of its many Renaissance timber-framed facades. Since the 15th century, this district, dedicated to crafts, art and gastronomy, has been built as an extension of Blois' most remarkable religious edific...

 Blois

Maison Guénard's exceptional oils have been produced with passion since 1824 at our oil mill in Noyers-sur-Cher. Specializing in dried fruit and seed oils, we offer some twenty varieties of high-quality gourmet oils: walnut, hazelnut, sesame, cashew, hemp, argan, pumpkin seed, peanut and many more....

 Noyers-sur-Cher

La Biscuiterie de Chambord, founded in 1978, welcomes you to its 7 stores, where you'll find cookies that have been handcrafted for 40 years. A selection of noble raw materials combined with rigorous know-how ensures the irreproachable quality of the various cookies. The company has delighted the pa...

 Maslives

Discover the world of wine throughout my activities, with a range of outstanding wines, fitted for everybody in order to appreciate the French wine culture and gastronomy. A bottle of wine is, before anything, great pleasure if shared with the right people and served in optimum conditions, in harmo...

 Vineuil

A family-run cookie factory since 1905, St Michel opens the doors of its Atelier in Contres. In the boutique (free admission), take the time to taste the cakes (including a range specific to the Atelier) with simple recipes, no preservatives, no coloring, and give your opinion! You'll also find plen...

 Contres

Our product range includes flours, pasta, legumes, cookies, and nuts from our orchards. Since 2015, our grains and legumes have been processed on the farm in our artisanal workshop equipped with a stone mill.

 Maves

Discover the art of blown glass in a troglodyte cave dug in the 16th century of 800 m2. We begin our tour with explanations of the history of glass, the techniques, the ovens, the composition of the crystal, the colors, the tools used. Then you attend fully to the creation of a piece of scratch, r...

 Chargé

Girardot has been distilling creams, liqueurs and eaux-de-vie from father to son since 1900. The guided tour will reveal the secrets of this authentic and rare craft. Just a stone's throw from Chenonceaux, the tour of this troglodytic cellar ends with a tasting of your choice of 3 products.

 Chissay-en-Touraine

At the exit of the Chambord park, Frédérique (06 81 85 12 33) invites you to discover the Mohair shop on the farm. For more than fifteen years, Frédérique has been passionate about fiber, particularly mohair. Recently, she no longer has her herd of goats but continues the activity from the fleeces o...

 Thoury