My husband and son are tank enthusiasts; if we drive from Mont St. Michel to Saumur as planned, we%26#39;ll have about 3 hours for Musee des Blinds. Is that enough, or should we rethink the itinerary to allow more? I know this is a subjective question; I%26#39;m just looking for opinions.
Thanks!
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Hi! I live just north of Saumur. The Musee des Blindes is HUGE! 3 hours could be enough to either bore the pants off you, or leave you wanting more, depending on your level of interest. I%26#39;d say that there%26#39;s too much to see in 3 hours for a real enthusiast. There are no eateries in the Musee either, just vending machines.
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I was hoping to see it in one hour....am I being too optimistic? I%26#39;m not interested at all, I%26#39;m going for my son who I%26#39;m hoping will take a cursory look.
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Maybe you could leave them there while you go wine tasting or hang out in some chateau somewhere.
Or better yet, have them drop you off and pick you up later, if you%26#39;re the one getting a buzz.
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Home from our trip. Just as I expected I was not interested at all in the tanks there. My DH and son took 1 1/2 hours to explore but were saturated at that point. The museum is huge and must have every single type of tank that was ever made. To me it was depressing. For someone who has built, driven or been shot at by one of these then maybe there would be other attractions. While I waited for them the vending machines did introduce me to a candy I fell in love with and bought prodigiously thereafter.
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We%26#39;re back now and my husband and son enjoyed the Musee de Blindes. they spent about 2 and 1/2 - 3hours and saw pretty much all they wanted to. My daughter and I went to Fontevraude Abbey during that time, which disappointed me a bit. Afterwards, we went to the Musee des Champignons - my daughter%26#39;s idea. A bit of a tourist trap (7E each) but interesting for mushroom enthusiasts, if such a person exists (besides my daughter...)
If you want to take photos in Musee des Blindes, they ask for an additional 10E, which my son paid ...bad thing is that the camera was subsequently stolen - or dropped - it%26#39;s still a mystery to us (in Narbonne area) and we lost the photos in it.
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I%26#39;m truly stunned that anyone could be disappointed by Fontevraud L%26#39;Abbaye!
What was it about the place that didn%26#39;t live up to expectations?
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We didn%26#39;t pay extra at the tank museum to take photos and have several. No one said anything to us about it.
We stayed the night at Fontevraud Abbaye and loved it. I was able to walk the grounds around sunset and the lighting was wonderful. It was probably the nicest cathedral we visited, very clean and well kept. Built from the yellowish white tuffa stone I felt it was very impressive. Plus the setting was beautiful - tucked into the mountains. Maybe you weren%26#39;t able to spend enough time there?
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As far as the fee for photos at Musee des Blindes, there was a sign at the ticket booth about it, but it wasn%26#39;t strictly enforced, and very possibly, people may not have been aware of it. My husband said that others were taking photos and there was really no way to determine who had paid and who had not; sort of the honor system, I guess. Also, maybe it%26#39;s a new thing. We were there on 28May.
As far as Fontevraud Abbey, I don%26#39;t mean to disparage it. I think it was just my state of mind and experience that was lacking. I saw SO much of abbeys, cathedrals, cloisters, medieval kitchens, Romanesque arches...maybe I was just on overload. In hindsight, I did too much and it all started to blur. Plus, the day was cloudy, windy, and spitting rain - that didn%26#39;t help. The cathedral was impressive in it%26#39;s simplicity, and the cone-shaped medieval kitchen was interesting...I went primarily because of the Eleanor of Acquitaine connection.
I also saw Fontfroide Abbey - well, from the outside, as I didn%26#39;t have the time to tour - and that one was tucked away in the mountains (near Lezignan, Narbonne area)...I don%26#39;t remember Fontevraude being in a similar setting...I remember it as being surrounded by a town, with some later architecture at least partially surrounding it. Fontfroide did have a lovely setting and feeling about it.
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