Entre Cours et Jardins - Cite Plantagenet

Old city

It is pleasant here to find the old city but it is not particularly significant. Worth a walk through and a meal in one of the restaurants but not a destination in itself.

Impressive

The tall city walls are very impressive with the patterned brickwork. If approaching from the old town, you need to be reasonably mobile as there are a lot of steps.

Guided tour with Julien

Le Mans is nicknamed the Plantagenet City because it is the cradle of this important medieval (English) royal dynasty. Geoffrey Plantagenet and Maud (daughter of Henry I Beauclerc) were married in its...

A fantastic neighborhood in Le Mans

Was traveling by car and would not stop, me and my company talked about what we saw and thought it really was an unethical city. Then swung in a cross and a magnificent cathedral stood before us it wa...

Fascinating place

The old (Plantagenet) city is lovely. Everywhere you look there are old details, from the cobbled streets to the timber doorways and ramshackle streets. Think Carcassonne or York, but even more authen...