hôtel ASTER

This Basilica has a long history... It was once a chapel that was demolished and rebuilt. Legend has it that at the end of the 15th century, the priest of the village of Vion, placed a statuette of the Virgin and Child in a niche in a very old oak tree. A century later, the Virgin Mary appeared there. Inside the paintings in the choir of the Basilica retrace this story. A shop retraces the history of this Basilica You will hike along the Landes, an area of migration, which before the...

Let yourself be seduced by the forest of Pincé. The smallest village in the Sablé canton, Pincé was part of the rich Benedictine abbey Saint-Aubin d'Angers. Situated on the border of Maine and Anjou, Pincé has long attracted the covetousness between these two provinces. In the 18th century, the lordship of Pincé was attached to the marquisate of Sablé, according to the will of Colbert de Torcy. You can admire there the parish church of Saint-Aubin and the priory dwelling (private). The Golf...

You will leave the town centre of Sablé to take full advantage of the banks of the Sarthe, a very pleasant stroll and a beautiful arrival at the foot of the imposing St Pierre Abbey where you can attend religious services in Gregorian chant every day at 5pm (Vespers).

Beautiful discoveries await you on this loop, the magnificent and famous Abbey St Pierre and also the Abbey Sainte Cécile to be discovered on the route. Two variants are proposed from this loop to reach the town centre of Sablé and visit, among all the shops, the two big houses of the Petit Sablé. Another nugget on this loop, the 2 times 3 kms proposed on the banks of the Sarthe river between Sablé and Solesmes, a real delight!

10 km to enjoy the countryside and beautiful landscapes of the Sarthe Valley. The arrival in front of the Abbey of Solesmes will amaze you and will undoubtedly deserve a small pause for the photo!