See the Plantagenets' Final Resting Place at Fontevraud Abbey

[@ThisFrenchLife]

Such a wonderful tour! A beautiful abbaye. Merci!

[@MilesAwaywithUs]

Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, you should absolutely visit there!

[@melaniesingh7208]

Henry is is my favorite Plantagenet and I visited the abbey in June 2023.

[@MilesAwaywithUs]

Mine too-- him and Eleanor. I'd love to go back there someday☺️

[@sydneywashburn2765]

Beautiful! Love that you go over the history ❤️

[@MilesAwaywithUs]

Thank you! The history there is amazing! I skip through it pretty fast, but there are literally volumes to say about this family😀

[@marie-christinelange131]

C'est carrément MAGNIFIQUE ! J'habite à 100 km de Fontevraud et l'ai visitée dans les moindres détails... Vous en parlez très bien et votre reportage est passionnant ! Les cuisines m'ont beaucoup plu, le cloître et la salle juste derrière avec ses peintures également ! A VOIR ABSOLUMENT 🙏✨️

[@MilesAwaywithUs]

Oh merci beaucoup! J'adore Aliénor d'Aquitaine et son histoire, et cette abbaye était l'une des choses les plus belles et les plus évocatrices que j'ai vues de ma vie. ❤️

[@robincarter6537]

We stayed for a night in Sept 2023 at the White Cross Hotel, in the square in front of the Abbey. There is also a 5* hotel, and a Michelin * restaurant next to the Abbey. The village is lovely, a few market stalls in the square, a beautiful old church, a laundry area which is fascinating. We also followed a footpath through the woods at the back of the Abbey. It is a great place to visit, and it followed a visit to Poitiers which has several buildings linked to Eleanor too.

[@MilesAwaywithUs]

Oh that sounds like an amazing trip!! I'd love to do a full trip tracking Eleanor someday.

[@robincarter6537]

The medieval hall in Poitiers and the Cathedral are both fascinating.

[@MilesAwaywithUs]

@robincarter6537 Poitiers is on our bucketlist for sure!

[@someguy7897]

Great video!

[@MilesAwaywithUs]

Thank you!

[@SamDiMento]

My great-grandmother's brother is buried at Fontevraud Abbey, because he died as a prisoner there sometime in the 1940s. I think maybe the Nazis controlled it. I'd like to go and find out more.

[@MilesAwaywithUs]

@SamDiMento oh gosh you definitely should go! It's one of the places we want to REvisit, but that family connection would be worth digging into! 💫