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Gien : Things to see and do
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Gien Hotel tips
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LOGIS Hôtel le Nuage from57 €
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Auberge des Templiers from195 €
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LOGIS Hôtel du Cerf from55 €
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Travel guide Gien 
Gien : The Michelin guide review
The austere yet appealing red- and black-brick walls of the oldest of the Châteaux of the Loire dominate the town and its museum devoted to Gien's famous blue-and-yellow earthenware. The impressive château is now home to a superb international Museum of Hunting .
Tourist attractions Gien : Things to see and do
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Musée International de la Chasse
F - 45500 Gien
This interesting museum of hunting is housed in the Château de Gien (rebuilt just before 1500). It offers a full picture of the arts and techniques of hunting: tapestries, ceramics, paintings and also beautifully made hunting weapons. The great hall ..
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Briare Canal Bridge
F - 45250 Briare
Built at the same time as the Eiffel Tower, this 1890 bridge allows a canal running lateral to the Loire to cross it and join the Briare canal. The metallic structure containing the canal is made up of plates held together by millions of rivets. It i..
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Château des Pêcheurs
F - 45230 La Bussière
This imposing aristocratic residence built under Louis XIII was the site of a bloody episode during the Wars of Religion: the Protestant massacre of a group of local priests seeking refuge here. Surrounded by a broad moat, the main building houses an..
Hotels Gien
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Our hotel offers you fully-equipped rooms and bathrooms for your comfort. The tourism sites of Briare will help you to spend a pleasant stay : 19 th century Canal Bridge, Faience Museum, Mariners’ Museum and not forgetting the town of Gien and its ca..
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Prix Prices from : 115 EUR
Hotel & restaurant : Briare, located 90 minutes from Paris, on the doorstep of the Berry region, is the starting point for many a fine waterway journey. Briare, its Canal Bridge, enamelled works of art and secret treasures such as the Domaine des Roc..
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LOGIS Hôtel la Poularde
13, quai de Nice. F - 45500 GIEN
Prix Prices from : 60 EUR
We welcome you in a pleasant setting, in front of the Loire river and a few steps from the Anne de Beaujeu castle (hunting museum). You will appreciate the all comfort bedrooms and their superb furniture. The chef will make you taste his cuisine of q..
Restaurants Gien
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An energetic young chef now runs this former village café. Wooden tables, tiled counter and beams. The slate menu is inventive and flavoursome.
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The restaurant is in a regional house with a terrace on a pedestrian square in the village, where the poet Max Jacob is buried. Good classic cuisine with inventive touches.
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Mushroom bar and strawberry biscuits: here the chef cheerfully cocks a snook at time-honoured traditions. Pleasantly rustic (pretty wall painting depicting the Sancerre vineyards)!
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Named after the author of the medieval poem the Roman de la Rose, this restaurant specialises in fine fish and seafood. The small rustic dining room is often full.
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Visitors to this inn have the pleasure of discovering gourmet cuisine, which skilfully deploys seasonal ingredients to best effect. Simple accommodation for those staying the night.
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The beams and copper fireplace make for a rustic setting, and the food is as environmentally aware as the surroundings suggest! Vegetables, garden herbs, a sense of invention and a respect for the passing seasons. Le Bistro has daily specials and a t..
