Your stay

In the aera

Not only is the Indre Valley home to the Balzac Museum and Saché village but it's also full of surprises:

• Domaine de Candé, in Monts
• Château d'Azay-Le-Rideau which Balzac described as a "facet-cut diamond set in the Indre"
• Château de l’Islette which set the stage for Camille Claudel and Rodin's relationship
• Manoir de Vonnes, residence whose architecture inspired that of the castle of Clochegourde in The Lily of the valley
• The village of Pont de Ruan and its water mills described by Balzac in The Lily of the Valley
• The troglodyte village of Villaines-les-Rochers, the wickerwork capital

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Balzac in Tours

• Tours, City of Art and History: discover the Balzac itinerary : In the steps of Balzac.
• Tours, Musée des Beaux-arts : portraits of Balzac par Louis Boulanger (oil on canvas, 1836), , Achille Devéria (attr., wash drawing, circa 1829) and Gérard Seguin (pastel, 1841).
• Tours, Jardin de la préfecture : contemporary piece as part of Nicolas Milhé, La Comédie humaine, five bronze figures, 2019 (father Goriot, Henriette de Mortsauf, Rastignac, abbey Birotteau et Miss Gamard).