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A beautifully landscaped oriental park. Very well served by cycle paths from Cholet or Bressuire/Mauléon. The largest Japanese garden in Europe.

Very pretty setting on the edge of the town's lake. Too bad it's impossible to go around it by bike.

Invisible from the main road. You have to go into the dead end to catch a glimpse of it.

Highest point of Anjou

Old fortified castle originally built in the 11th century by Count Foulques Nerra who was one of the founders of Anjou; he fortified the entire rich province through 27 castles and forts including this one, marking the southern line of its defense. Today listed as a Historic Monument, the building underwent several alterations in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries before being burned during the French Revolution. Purchased and renovated at the beginning of the 19th century, Château de Passavant became an important wine estate recognized among the Côteaux du Layon. The road passes under the access bridge to the castle.

Very nice oriental garden (larger in Europe)

Nice point of view

Chemillé is the French capital of chamomile. At the start of the 2010s, 60% of the production of medicinal plants in Pays de la Loire was carried out in Chemillois. The village offers the particularity of containing 3 churches: - The imposing Notre-Dame-la-Neuve church which dominates the surroundings and whose bell tower can be seen from afar, built in the 19th century in a neo-Gothic style unusual in the region to replace the Romanesque church which has become too small. - The old Notre-Dame church, a Romanesque church whose origins date back to the 12th century - The church of Saint Pierre de Chemillé mixing Gothic and Roman styles