Loire Valley 2025


Chateau Chenonceau

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Wining and Dining

Churches

Random Photos in the Valley


Château Clos du Luce - Parc Leonardo da Vinci in Amboise - where da Vinci spent his final years


Château de Cheverny, built 1624-1630, famed for its pack of over 100 hunting dogs.


Château de Menars - 17th century castle associated with Madame de Pompadour (in 1760) situated on the bank of the river Loire.
She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV 1745 to 1751.


Royal Château of Blois, first a medieval fortress in the 10th century, later a royal residence in the 15th-17th centuries

 


Gardens of Aromas and Royal Flowers (Jardins des Simples et des Fleurs Royales) in Blois


Fleur de Loire, a Design Boutique Hotel with a Christopher Hays Michelin two-star restaurant in Blois


The rail station in Blois


Rail station in Blois