The Mayenne is a department that attracts our attention for its extraordinary historical heritage. The musée de l'Auditoire in Sainte-Suzanne, a fortified town, will take your breath away. Don't wait any longer to go to Cossé-le-Vivien to discover the Robert-Tatin museum. The castle of Lassay, the Carmelite monastery of Laval, the sanctuary of Pontmain are places of pilgrimage for the amateurs of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Finally, the most visited attraction of this destination is a zoo cleverly named the Refuge de l'Arche. It has the specificity of being specialized in the reception of injured animals of all kinds. Brigitte Bardot is one of its patrons, as is Michel Drucker. Mayenne shares with Lower Normandy the title of "land of French trotters", with breeding and training stables dotting the territory. The Mayenne is an essential crossroads in the world of horses. In this very small department, there are eleven racecourses, three of which are first category (Laval, Craon and Meslay-du-Maine), and 1,170 breeders, i.e. more than 10,000 horses of all breeds.
When to go to Mayenne? All year round, equipped with rain gear, you can walk through the Mayenne on foot, with its 3,000 kilometres of itineraries, by bike, on the old railway tracks, long from 128 kilomètres, or also on horseback, along the Mayenne, on the marked paths. The Château de Sainte-Suzanne, the Musée de l'Audioire and the Musée Robert Tatin will welcome you all year round. You can also visit the producers of the three local cheeses all year round: Port-Salut, Trappe de la Coudre and Saint-Paulin.
The Mayenne, thanks to its proximity to the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean, has an oceanic climate. The weather is often humid, with regular and moderate temperatures. Rainfall is spread out over the year and is therefore rarely abundant.
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