Surrounded
by green hills and vast cultivated fields, Saint Lions is a small village
where agriculture still plays an important role. It's a particularly peaceful
place, where the local inhabitants live in the street during the summer,
sitting outside their front door or on their terrace, chatting away.
A square
shaded by three lime trees, a large fountain and covered wash-house dating
back to
the 19th century, a small church with a wall-belfry, a chicken run and a
kitchen garden shaded by poplars and fir trees, some abandoned barns overgrown
with nettles and smart modern houses with idyllic fragrant gardens: Saint
Lions has nothing to attract crowds of tourists, but you will find several
beautifully renovated Gîtes de France, many hiking footpaths which
start here, making their way through cultivated fields and orchards, in
beautiful countryside ... and the local people who are very approachable
and will all say hello to you! |