If you're staying in Valence, this 26 hectare park is definitely worth a visit.
Another of the Opal Coast's massive and dog-friendly sandy beaches. Cafes and restaurants are generally dog-friendly and all allow dogs to sit with you outside.
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Unpretentious little town on the river L'Indre, with pedestrianised narrow streets and a choice of small dog-friendly restaurants and brasseries for a meal or snack.
A medieval village, well off the tourist track. You'll find a couple of patisseries and boulangerie, and plenty of medieval period property for sale if you feel like moving!
This is one of our favourite stops - with a fabulous forest off-lead walk for the dog, and then just a few miles down the road there's a village with an excellent restaurant and an old abbey to admire...
Firmly planted in the fertile plain of the Garonne river, the town is famous for its marvellous tomatoes. There's even a Tomato Festival here in July each year.
The walk here is perfectly placed to give everyone (and the dog) a leg-stretch on a purpose made leisure path.
A splendid sandy beach that is really close to St Malo. We found it an ideal place to give the dogs a good run when you arrive from the ferry in the early morning.
Ths is a lovely very small fully enclosed park where you can let your dogs off to chase squirrels and run amongst the pines. open from dawn to dusk except Saturdays where it is after 8am.
By this stage of the A7 you will already have driven through the vineyards of the champagne production region, and their discreetly affluent villages.
Châteauroux has some narrow and winding medieval streets around the old chateau (now a government building) where tanners and clothworkers once plied their trades, and at one point in the 12th...