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The gardens

Royal Estate of Château Gaillard, Amboise. © Château Gaillard

Royal Estate of Château Gaillard

The cradle of the Renaissance in Amboise

The Jardins du Roy at Château Gaillard - the oldest Renaissance garden in France

The château and gardens of Villandry. © Catherine Bibollet

The château and gardens of Villandry

An unexpected treasure

Among the châteaux of the Loire, Villandry undoubtedly owes its fame to its exceptional terraced gardens

The garden of the Evêché in Blois. © OTBC

Green areas and gardens in Blois

Chill and nature

Blois is certainly a city of art and history, but it is also a city of gardens as the magnificent rose garden of the Evéché or the garden of the Roy

French style gardens at the Château de Chambord

The revival of the gardens of Chambord

A new dimension

In the spring of 2017, the Chambord estate reopened its French gardens

The Priory of Orchaise. © Leonard de Serres

The Priory of Orchaise

The traveller's trees

A few kilometers from Blois, the priory of Orchaise houses a botanical park with 2200 varieties of plants and trees

The gardens of Chaumont-sur-Loire. © E. Sander

The International Garden Festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire

Nature and environment

The Chaumont-sur-Loire estate is an amazing place, where gardens, heritage and art come together in wonderful harmony

The 100,000 tulips of Cheverny Castle. © OTBC

The 100.000 tulips of Cheverny

A flowery springtime

Since 2014, every spring, the castle of Cheverny has been unveiling a flowerbed of 100,000 tulips to its visitors.