Champ Rocher is situated in the region called "Le pays des mille étangs" (The land of the 1000 ponds). Like Sologne to the nord this country typically shows numerous ponds and moors, with wildlife and birds.

You can visit lots of places :
• Old characteristic villages on the borders of the Creuse and Indre, like e.g. Gargilesse, Angles sur l'Anglin and St.Benoît-du-Sault or la Vallée Noire.
• The ponds of Belle-Bouche and Mer Rouge, famous for the abundance of birds. Here you will find several foot-paths and shelters for bird-watching.
You can gather information on the websites of these pages (all underlined text) as in the Maison du Parc at Rosnay as well, where you'll find folders and publications. A must is the green booklet of the Guide pratique, edited by the Parc naturel.

 

You can make a start by visiting the Maison de la Nature (D15 to St.-Michel-en-Brenne) with la Réserve naturelle de Chérine (D44). Beautiful are the Etang Massé en de Etangs Foucault as well.
Don't forget your binoculars!
These trips are easily to do by bike. And don't forget : trails are indicated with VTT (Vélo Tout Terrain)!
Gorgeous climbing you can undertake in the woods of Gargilesse or Eguzon.

 

Sports around the Champ Rocher

• There's a lake as swimming pool on the estate.
• Those who like fishing can make a start on Champ Rocher : pike, carp and roach are the favourites of this region.
• On a safe distance shooting on pigeons (clay) can be practised on the fields of Champ Rocher.
• Aviation is possible at Varennes near by Le Blanc : let the adrenaline flow with delta-flyers, parachuting and flying with Ultra Light M.
• The amateurs of golfing can enjoy their sport at Fontgombault at the Creuse , nearby Le Blanc and Tournon (on the D950).
• The lake of Eguzon (300ha) offers families all kinds of watersports, there is a exit on the A20 motorway.
• Canoe on the Creuse and the Anglin: the camping in Le Blanc is a good starting point (tel. 02 54377799).

 

This region offers you more :

• Famous wine estates : e.g. Pouilly, Sancerre and Vouvray
• Futuroscope at Poitiers
• Bourges and the cathedral
• Orléans, city full of history
• Tours, La Loire and the garden of France
• Richelieu

The castles of the Loire :

• Blois : the old royal city
• Chambord : the biggest château of the Loire
• Chenonceau : a must
• Cheverny : chateau de chasse, famous for the kennel of hounds
• Amboise : the place where Leonardo da Vinci worked and lived his last years, with a small museum
• Villandry : a must for the amateurs of gardening
• Azay-le-rideau : a beauty
• Saumur : picturesque city dominated by the castle
• Valençay : Valençay : the castle of Talleyrand (diplomat/minister with Napoléon) with a parc with peacocks and a museum of classical cars

In summertime the place of numerous lightshows "Son & Lumière"

Culture and history.

• the writer Honoré de Balzac (born in Tours) lived for a long period in the Château de Saché in Indre: visit possible
• writer Georges Sand and her lover Fr. Chopin in Nohant : Château de Nohant with the Musée Georges Sand in La Châtre
• Argentomagus : gallic-roman settlement in Argenton
• writer Alain-Fournier who sketched Berry and the Sologne in a classic French novel "Le grand Meaulnes"
• In Bourges you can visit the manuscript "Les très riches Heures du Duc de Berry"

The Brenne is a region in Le Berry, situated in the departement Indre.  This area is called Le Centre.