点评:Our tour of the main wine-producing areas of the Loire Valley continued with Stage 6: Chinon to Saumur (Day 8 in France). We were now based in Saumur on our second day here and currently visiting Dénezé-sous-Doué.
Inaccurate information led us on this wasted trip. We had been inspired to visit the remains of troglodyte settlements, whilst staying in Saumur. There are quite a few of such sites, near Saumur and generally along the Loire Valley. The geological conditions and soft sedimentary rock made for easy for excavation; even allowing for the rudimentary hand tools available as far back as the 4th Century BC. The endeavours over many centuries have resulted in very substantial excavations.
We chose this site, but after a 45 minute journey, we found that the attraction was closed for lunch. I feel I must point out that the Facebook website, for this attraction, lists the opening hours. This information quite plainly states that on a Thursday (today it was Thursday 12Sep24) the site is open from 10:00 to 18:00. Not so, it would appear!
From the little we could see from the pathway and over an unkempt dense hedge, the site appeared to be substantially overgrown.
翻译:我们继续游览卢瓦尔河谷的主要葡萄酒产区,进入第六阶段:希农至索米尔(在法国的第 8 天)。这是我们在这里的第二天,我们住在索米尔,目前正在游览 Dénezé-sous-Doué。
不准确的信息让我们白白浪费了这次旅行。在索米尔逗留期间,我们曾想参观穴居人定居点的遗迹。索米尔附近和卢瓦尔河谷沿岸有很多这样的遗址。地质条件和柔软的沉积岩使挖掘变得容易;甚至可以使用公元前 4 世纪的原始手工工具。几个世纪的努力已经带来了非常大规模的挖掘。
我们选择了这个地方,但经过 45 分钟的旅程后,我们发现景点午餐时间关闭。我觉得我必须指出,这个景点的 Facebook 网站列出了开放时间。这些信息明确指出,星期四(今天是 9 月 12 日星期四)该场地的开放时间为 10:00 至 18:00。但事实似乎并非如此!
从我们在小路上和茂密的灌木丛中看到的一小片景象来看,该场地似乎杂草丛生。