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Happy_midwesterners

We never would have visited if our hosts hadn't encouraged us but were really glad we made the stop. The sculptures are beautifully done and lit and well worth a visit.

Mothewanderer

Well worth a visit for all interested in local Historic Churches and Chateaux, or just those impressed with skillful sculpture & architectural detail. The sculptor has recreated scale models of many historic buildings in the region. I believe they were all carved on-site and many are cut directly into the Tufa Stone in the caves. There is also the explanation in English (sadly quite rare in the area) of the exhibits, including challenges for the sculptor and technical details. A very impressive array of carvings - I was particularly impressed by the riverscape of Saumur town with it's reflections in the water, and the Tours Cathedral. A fascinating and unusual place to visit, especially to escape the sun or rain, but take a sweater if you want to linger, as it is a damp and cool 12-13 degrees inside.

257michellee

Something a little bit different, local sites carved in miniature in the local Tufa stone. A definite fill in activity if you have an hour to spare.

nomadafrik-li

Sculptor Pierre Cormand has lovingly recreated a miniature park out of the local "pierre de Tuffeau". The result is an impressive collection of sculptures replicating a number of landmark monuments found along the Loire. My favourite, the Tours Cathedral and its impressive stained glass front.

Canard52

Lacked atmosphere and hardly any other visitors.Some exhibits were not even marked up as to what they were and frankly too many of them!

746christineg

We visited this attraction with a combined ticket with the Museum du Champignons 300 metres away. Both are worth visiting with this the better one in our opinion. Both attractions are in caves hollowed out of the cliffs long ago to extract the stone for building purposes. In this cave are scale models and landscapes all sculpted in minute detail by one man, sometimes spending months in wet, cramped conditions sculpting directly into the cave walls. Each sculpture is described on a panel in both French and English and the complete tour takes about an hour. All sculptures are set in the Loire valley and afterwards we drove through some of the villages and saw for ourselves the beauty of the buildings we had seen in miniature.

GazdeVere

As the title says, this wasn't what we expected, but was ok nonetheless. Some pretty good sculptures of buildings in the region. It took us less than 20 minutes to go around and we're pretty sure we saw everything :) A bit awkward if you're not very mobile. As others have said, a fairly interesting way to shelter from the rain for a little while.

jone310

We only went here as a combined ticket with the musee de champignon, whilst the sculptures were very well made, we did find it a little repetitive (especially having visited the actual chateaus they had modelled) worth a look, but don't make a special trip to see.

PKatVCR

We visited along with our one year old son (in his pushchair) on a hot summers days. It's a nice cool temperature inside the caves so it was a pleasant respite from the heat outside.Easy to get around with the pushchair and it was good to see all the spectacular buildings of the Loire all in one place as you can then decide which places you'd like to visit.We combined our visit with a visit to the mushroom caves which are literally a few hundred yards along the road. You can get a discounted combined ticket for this.

Gpy14

This is a nice family adventure. It's also great on a hot summer day as the caves are nice and cool.

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