Our village
We have a permanent home in the rue St Martin in Suèvres, a small, unspoilt mediaeval village on the banks of the Loire, about seven miles north-east of the provincial capital, Blois.
The village has been in continuous occupation since Druid and Roman times and, walking down its narrow streets or alongside its peaceful streams, you will discover Roman inscriptions, medieval walls and turrets, renaissance moats and houses, two ancient churches with a fine collection of gargoyles, three bars, four small châteaux and seventeen watermills, one still in use.
It is a friendly place where people stop to talk on their morning excursion to the boulangerie or over an aperitif in the bar-tabac. Suèvres is in the heart of the châteaux country, and Chambord, Blois and Talcy are an easy 15-minute drive away.
Nearby Mer offers good shopping, swimming facilities and a weekly market.