Azay-le-Rideau – The Azay Mill loop from Saint-Épain
Azay-le-Rideau – The Azay Mill loop from Saint-Épain
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Azay-le-Rideau – The Azay Mill loop from Saint-Épain
02:56
49.9km
300m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 29, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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10.5 km
Boisbonnard Castle
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This private castle is an old fortress of which only:
- the wide medieval moats in their entirety and which form 2 quadrilaterals and a 3-sided figure
- 5 cylindrical towers including the South-East tower pierced with circular loopholes called the “couleuvrine tower”.
The surrounding walls disappeared, the eastern ones were pulled down in 1856.
Access is controlled by 2 entrance towers, capped with pepper shakers, guarding the wooden footbridge which replaced the drawbridge. A portal with a curved pediment connects them.
The enclosure demolished in the last century has retained 3 corner towers.
The current castle was built in several stages. The residential building, which dates from the 16th century, had its facades completely redesigned in 1856. Part of it disappeared at the beginning of the 20th century.
To the south-west, a main building covered with a 4-pitched roof and presenting stone windows on the ground floor had been lined with another building in 1731; these buildings were demolished in 1979.
The outbuildings near the front door were built in Renaissance style around 1856 in place of the old farm buildings.
Numerous renovation and restoration works have been carried out since 1994.
During the cleaning of the moat an oak door was discovered under the water level. We can assume that there was an underground passage between the castle and the village church or to other undergrounds.
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Renaissance splendor at Azay-le-Rideau
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The historical roots of the moated castle lie in a high medieval castle of the knight Ridel d'Azay, which was razed at the beginning of the 15th century by the later French king Charles VII. Around a century later, between 1518 and 1527, Gilles Berthelot had today's palace built on the site of the old castle. In 1791, through the Raffin family, he came to the Marquis Charles de Biencourt. His descendants sold the property to the French state in 1906, which has owned it ever since.
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28.3 km
Azay-le-Rideau
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28.4 km
Saint-Symphorien Church - Azay-le-Rideau
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Source: Wikipedia
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28.6 km
The Azay Mill
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44.7 km
Crissay-sur-Manse Village
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49.9 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
48.1 km
1.51 km
296 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
44.0 km
5.66 km
184 m
105 m
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Elevation
Highest point (120 m)
Lowest point (40 m)
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