Visit Crissay-sur-Manse, Loire Valley
Crissay-sur-Manse is a village in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the picturesque Manse valley to the east of Chinon and south-west from Tours. A small village with little more than 100 inhabitants, it is classified as one of the 'most beautiful villages in France'.
Exploring Crissay-sur-Manse
The pretty small houses typically date from the 15th and 16th centuries and are built in the very-white stone that is characteristic of the region.
Your explorations of Crissay-sur-Manse take you along narrow streets passed houses that have numerous little medieval architectural features such as ornate roof and leaded windows, steep slate roofs and turrets.* There are also numerous gardens in the village, which is in a picturesque countryside setting.
Perhaps most importantly there is very little in the way of recent developments in Crissay (occasional house renovations excluded) which greatly contributes to having a sense of the age and history of the village and making it a pleasure to amble around.
Indeed the village sits so well in the surrounding landscape that with some of the houses it is unclear where 'building' ends and cliff-face begins!
Among particular monuments in Crissay-sur-Manse you can see a substantial 15th century castle, now in ruins; the 16th century village Church of Saint Maurice, and a traditional washhouse on the Manse river.
* The local white rock is called tufa and is soft enough to be carved quite easily, hence its widespread use in the decorative elements of builidings in the region, including renaissance style castles
See Centre and Indre-et-Loire (the region and department for Crissay-sur-Manse) for more travel ideas...
Tourist classifications for Crissay-sur-Manse: One of the most beautiful village in France (plus beau villages);
Suggested places to visit near Crissay-sur-Manse, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Chateau du Rivau 14km
Chateau Chinon 19km
Chinon 19km
More suggestions: Chateau de Villandry 21km; Tours 31km; Candes-Saint-Martin 32km; Fontevraud Abbey 33km; Montsoreau 33km; Loches 39km; Saumur 44km; Chateau de Saumur 45km; Chateau d'Amboise 47km; Chateau de Chenonceau 48km; Moncontour, Vienne 49km;
Crissay-sur-Manse tourist information: sights and attractions nearby
Les jardins de la Chatonnière - remarkable garden (12km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau - remarkable garden (14km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry - remarkable garden (21km) : Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme - remarkable garden (30km) : Cloisters of la Psalette - national monument (31km) : Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé - remarkable garden (31km) : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire - ville fleurie 4* (31km) : Collegiale Church (Candes-Saint-Martin) - religious monument (32km) :
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