After touring the Abbaye Royale, head outside the gates of the complex a block to the north to discover one of the Loire Valley's most time-machine streets, the Allée Sainte-Catherine. Bordered by the Fontevraud park, headed by a charming medieval church, and lined with a few scattered houses (which now contain the town tourist office, a gallery that sells medieval illuminated manuscript pages, and the delightful Licorne restaurant), this street still looks like the 14th century aborning.
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