LEISURE

And for your leisure time, here are a few ideas:

MAUROIS, a village with 380 inhabitants and whose writer Emile HERZOG got inspired for his patronymic name André MAUROIS, is situated as a crossroads for several attractive towns :

- CAUDRY, from 8 kms with its Lace Museum, its Cultural Pole (the cinema "Le MILLENIUM" and a theatre with "Scènes Mitoyennes"), its amusement park and its swimming-pool , open to the air at summer time !

- LE CATEAU, from 8 kms with its Matisse Museum, newly renovated with its permanent expositions on MATISSE, HERBIN and TERIADE, its art workshops and temporary expositions. www.cg59.fr

- CAMBRAI and VALENCIENNES with their Fine Art Museums, SAINT QUENTIN with its Museum Quentin de la Tour, its Museum of Butterflies, its beach at summer time and its attractive shopping.

- The VAUCELLES Abbey with its festive activities all year long

MAUROIS is situated next to many well-known sites:

- LE QUESNOY with its walks in the ramparts ditches, its Theatre "the 3 oaks" and its walks in the surroundings (site www.cdt-nord.fr)

- BAVAY and its archaelogical site

- The Mormal Forest with its gulf and its paths for horseriding, mountain bikes, and walks

- VAL JOLY and all its leisure and sportive activities

- And BELGIUM ... from 1 hour to here !!!

And also for the children : the Animals Park in ESTOURMEL (next to CAUDRY) tel/Fax :03/27/78/62/61

The Museum of EVOLUTIONS in BOUSIES

"THE BEST-OFFS"

Opposite to our lodgings, you can go for a walk along the river SELLE which leads to LE CATEAU and visit the Matisse Museum.

At Vendegies au Bois, a pastoral tour on which you can add a visit to the painter Serge ANSELIN 's workshop !!! (open on sunday afternoon)

In MAROILLES the "circuit de Dame Marguerite et des Renoncules" that you can end with a visit to the Garden of Sylvie FONTAINE classified as "Noticeable Garden" near the Green Square on which can be found a music kiosk !

Next to our home, at Malincourt, you can get ready for the "Tour in the Cambrai Valleys" and visit the secondhand shop at Mr Carre's next to the Brunet Mill.

This is the list of all the things you can discover or visit again !!!