« Imagine three mills put down among islands gracefully serrated, crowned with some bunches of trees in the middle of a meadow of water. There gets revealed a valley which begins in Montbazon, finishes in the Loire, and seems to spring up under castles put down on these double hills, a splendid cup of emerald in the bottom of which Indre rolls about with movements of snakes » (Balzac)

Here the mills are nestled along the Indre. We discover them by taking time to stroll in the middle of preserved nature …

Here are some of the Natural heritage essentials. Do not hesitate to pass by the Tourist office so that we point out to you their precise location.

> Artannes

• The Walnut tree said  « from Balzac » : Along the road of Ballan Miré, the “real” walnut tree, has disappeared, it was at 50 m from this one.
• Le Chêne des Danses : the tradition says that the fairy were meeting there to dance over the night.

> Esvres

• The vineyards of the Noble Joué : Around the hamlet of the Lochereau
• The Cressonnières and the sources d’Avon : Nice view on numerous basins fed by a big source.
• The Sources of the Perrion: Between the Indre and the Echandon, lightly petrifying, next to the road.
 • The meadow of the Forges
• The valley of Echandon
• The Cressonnières of Nantilly: Nice source, wash house, ancient way.

> Montbazon

• Grande and petite Ilette: Access for picnic and way of promenade. Botanical course on the Grande Ilette
• Sequoia: In front of the Red Barn
• Chestnut: Way of Bréanderie

> St-Branchs

• Valley of the Echandon, dales of the stream of St-Branchs and of the Bourdin
• La Valley of the Matelot and the village Malabry: on the border of Tauxigny. Houses of character.
• The cressonnière of the Sermonnière : Along the road from Veigné to Tauxigny.

> Sorigny

• Wildlife sanctuary of the Hauts Arpents: Ancient career of marl, humid meadow of 1,5 hectare, with a pond done up for fishing. Managed by the association Nature et Développement. There are five varieties of orchids and twenty essences of trees.