The Provincial French city of Angers offers travelers a wonderful mix of medieval attractions, evening entertainment and quality shopping.
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How to get to Angers
Airplanes from local airlines from Nantes, Paris and Bordeaux fly to Angers airport
By train
Comfortable trains of the private railway network TGV deliver tourists to Angers from all major cities of France. Trains are sent often enough, on the way you will certainly check the ticket. Smoking on the train is prohibited, and if you talk a lot on the mobile, the fellow travelers will look at you very disapprovingly.
From Paris, the trains on Angers depart from Gare Montparnasse, the journey takes one and a half to two hours, 45 minutes from Nantes , and for an hour from Tours.
By car
Moving west along the A11 highway to Angers, you can get from Paris (295 km) or Le Mans (95 km). High-speed routes connect Angers with Nantes and Tours, most of the freeways are paid, the fare varies from 2 to 25 EUR (prices in 2010.)
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Transportation
The most convenient mode of transport in Angers - The bus. From the main bus station of Lorraine, located on the boulevard of Foch, you can reach the city center and the railway station. Bus tickets cost EUR 1, 40 for one trip or EUR 3, 60 for the whole day. There are detailed maps with bus routes at every bus stop
Of course, you can go by taxi, the main car park is near the railway station
Since all the main sights and shopping streets are in close proximity to one another, on foot. The only exception is Lake Lac de Men, which is a half an hour's walk from the city center. Although, in the evening leisurely walk there is a charm.
Weather in Angers
Cloudy with a light rain + 12 ° C day + 11 ° C at night ° C water |
Cloudy, light rain + 11 ° C in the afternoon + 9 ° C at night ° C water |
Cloudy, light rain +10 ° C in the afternoon + 3 ° C at night ° C water |
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Cuisine
Local cuisine is simple (by French standards) and z road. Anjou cooks prefer to preserve the natural taste of the product, so do not be too zealous with spices. Sauces - light and soft. Especially popular are goose pates, dishes from rabbits, pheasants, other poultry, veal and river fish.
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Entertainment, excursions and attractions Angers
Ange Castle
Castle, Château D 'Angers, The residence of the Dukes of Anjou was built in the early 13th century. In terms of it, he represents an irregular pentagon surrounded by fortress walls. The walls were additionally fortified with seventeen watchtowers, each of which is 18 meters in diameter, another tower also served as a mill at the same time. To this day, the chapel of St. Genevieve, built in 1410, and the two-story Royal Lodge, whose interiors are decorated with tapestries from the 15th to the 16th centuries, have survived from the castle buildings. The castle is open daily from 10.00 to 17.30; entrance ticket costs 7, 5 EUR
The most famous exhibit of Anjou Castle is the tapestry "Apocalypse". In 1373 the Duke of Anjou, Louis II ordered the artist Jean Bruges and the weaver Nicolas Bataille, a tapestry, which was to become one of France's wonders. The tapestry depicts scenes from the "Revelation" of John the Divine describing the approach of the end of the world. The size of all the seven tapestry tapes, which took more than five years to create, are 150 meters in length and 5, 5 meters in height.
Museums Angers
- The Jean Lyugat Museum is housed in the buildings of the Saint-Jean Hospital of the 12th century. Here, the tapestry of the Apocalypse is in modern execution,
- The Museum of Fine Arts (Beaux Arts), is housed in a luxurious mansion of the late 15th century. The collection of the museum presents paintings by Chardin, Watteau, Fragonard, Boucher, David and Engr.
- The Gallery of the sculptor David de Angers, located in the Church of All Saints, built in the 12th century
- Arduaz Museum exhibits ancient mining and processing technologies building stone,
Entertainment
Not far from Angers, there is a place called Cointreau, famous for its liqueur. On the territory of the factory for the production of liqueurs there is a museum. Many bars and cafes are located on the main pedestrian street of St. Laud.
In addition to sightseeing, you can visit the performance of the local orchestra (the National Orchestra de Pays de la Loire), the staging of the Modern Theater and the Dance School. In Angers, the local film festival, street concerts and arts festivals are regularly held. Photo by Angers (10)