In the secret town of La Charité sur Loire, a monastic city originally founded by a Benedictine abbot from Cluny that has, in recent years, become a “ Book Town”, there is a lot to discover : the heritage officially recognized by UNESCO, the numerous bookshops, not forgetting the natural environment - forests, vineyards and the wild river Loire. Pilgrims on the Route of Santiago de Compostela used to stop over at La Charité sur Loire to make the most of « la charité des bons pères » (the good fathers’ charity), a name that has been kept by the people of La Charité sur Loire. They have also kept the art of living and the tradition of hospitality inherited from the Benedictine monks.