Tuesday for towns - Bossay-sur-Claise at Christmas

For the last four years the Southern Touraine village of Bossay-sur-Claise has been putting on a festive display that is the envy of many others around them. This year's display 'Santa Claus Village of the World' created by volunteers from the village is exceptional - if you have not seen it it is well worth seeking out - a real credit to the village.

 

Church on Sunday - Saint-Martin à Bossay-sur-Claise

 

This pretty Romanesque church in Bossay-sur-Claise in Southern Touraine dates from the 12th century but had a makeover in the 19th that has preserved it for future generations.

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Chateau de Ris

 The private Chateau de Ris was built on the site of an earlier feudal castle just outside the village of Bossay-sur-Claise in Southern Touraine. It was restored in the 1850 by Louis-Joseph Dauphin, who was to be mayor of the village until 1854, and dressed in a pink stucco neo-Gothic finish.  

Church for Sunday - St. Martin de Bossay-sur-Claise

Took this last night on way back to the car after taking in the music concert at the 'Trinc' en Claise'  event at  Bossay-sur-Claise

A day out in Southern Touraine...

With great weather predicted for this weekend you could do worse than heading down to Bossay-sur-Claise in Southern Touraine for a full day of events which will be enthusiastically presented by a very active 'Comité des Fêtes'.