After Turquant, I headed to the nearby Château de Brézé, a château that had also featured on my map of castles in the Loire Valley region. I'd been to so many of them that there were only a few left to cover off, and Brézé was one of the smaller ones so I hadn't bothered before, preferring the grander ones. I'm glad I went though: small or not, it was really lovely, and had some beautiful interiors. Parts of the château date back to the 11th century, but it has been added to and changed throughout history. It currently looks like a renaissance-era château. It has an underground network of tunnels cut into the tufa stone, which makes it an interesting place to visit.
I arrived there around 1pm and bought my ticket. It actually said you weren't supposed to take photos (I think, sometimes its not clear if the signs mean no photos or no flash), but I couldn't help it - there was no one around so I quickly took a few of the beautiful interiors! The château was also situated in a vineyard so I had a wander through there too.











I left the château around 2:30pm. As I experienced my last roadtrip around France, I was much more conscious about time at the beginning of my trip. I apparently also didn't learn from the last time, as I drove quite far that afternoon in order to get to my next stops, missing a few places on my map along the way. I don't regret it as such, I just wish I'd known at the time that I did have the time to explore more. Never mind. I stopped off at a supermarket near to Poitiers (a city I had been to last time) and kept going until my final destination of the day: a campsite in Montmorillon.
I didn't know anything about Montmorillon when I found the site in my camping book, only that the site was super cheap which is always a win with me! Looking online as I write this post, apparently Montmorillon is known for Montmorillonite, a type of mineral clay found in caves around the town with a wide variety of uses. Montmorillon should also be known for its campsite, which was one of the best I stayed in in France and definitely the cheapest: I think all up it cost me €5.17 for one night.
When I got to the campsite, there was a note on the door saying that you had to call them - a little scary when I only know basic French. But the owners came down and were lovely. The campsite also backed onto a creek, so I parked up near there and had a family of ducks to keep me entertained. I walked about 10 mins into the town for a look around - it was actually really nice! I was looking for a restaurant and nothing really struck my fancy, all I saw was a kebab shop and a pizza place, so I wandered back to the campsite to sort out my dinner.





Campsite: Campsite Municipal Montmorillon
Rating: 10/10