The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste houses an Annunciation by Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674). The remains of an 11th-century fortress are visible, but it’s the impressive Renaissance castle that dominates. On a riverbank an hour from Tours, Montrésor is a fairytale village with a rich history. View image in fullscreen Photograph: Tuul & Bruno Morandi/Getty Images Stay A riverside cottage with an outdoor pool 3km away, La Cassine sleeps four from €105 a night. Eat Auberges des Peintres, a pretty restaurant in the centre, serves snails and creme brulee (two-course menu €16). River canoeing and visits to the gardens at La Mansonière are recommended. The village has charmed many famous painters, including Camille Corot and Eugène Boudin, and charcoal portraits of artists and villagers, sketched by candlelight, are on display at the Auberge des Soeurs Moisy (now a museum), which they frequented. Pretty houses around the church and along the river have been preserved, as has a lovely 15th-century chapel. Inside, 12th-century murals have recently been restored. It was later burned by the Normans, but the 11th-century church on the site remains, its saddleback roof and tower emerging from the trees. On the Sarthe river in the Mancelles Alps, the village was founded by Saint Céneri, an Italian monk who built a monastery here in the seventh century. View image in fullscreen Photograph: Paul Heinrich/Alamy
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