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Château du Clos Lucé – Parc Leonardo da Vinci

This residence of pink brick was built by Hugues d'Amboise on Gallo-Roman foundations in the reign of Louis XI (between 1107 and 1115). The property was then given by the king to his favourite, Etienne le Loup, a cook's assistant whom he ennobled. The estate, which was called the Manoir du Cloux at...

Amboise

Domaine Régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire

Less than 200 km south of Paris, nestling between the cities of Tours and Blois, is a haven of poetry. A natural oasis, a headland stretching out 40 metres above the wild Loire, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, owned by the Centre Region, welcomes the public all year round to its château and park and,...

Chaumont-sur-Loire

Domaine national de Chambord

Choose from a whole host of different ways to visit Chambord: rent bikes, take a boat trip, enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride, watch a horse show, visit the park in a 4WD, experience the call of the stag at night, or watch the Sound and Light show. Float on the water in a quiet electric-powered boa...

Chambord

49 reviews

Cité royale de Loches

Discover 5 centuries of history in the Royal City of Loches! Built on a rocky outcrop, overlooking the city and the valley of the Indre, the royal city of Loches is composed of an imposing keep, a masterpiece of medieval military architecture and a royal Renaissance dwelling, a major site in French...

Loches

1 review

Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre

Built at the end of the 15th century about fifteen kilometres from Blois, the Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre offers a "surprising" image of the ideal fortified castle with its keep, its machicolated entrance curtain wall and its fortified entrance postern. Located near a river, with its medieval-ins...

Fougères-sur-Bièvre

3 reviews

6€

Full-fare

La Pagode de Chanteloup

The pagode de Chanteloup : an 18th-century "folly" evoking a civilisation. On the edge of Amboise Forest, in a 14 hectare landscaped park with its Asian inspiration, there stands a chinoiserie in the pure "Marie-Antoinette" style. 44 metres high, its summit offers a view over the Loire Valley. Insi...

Amboise

2 reviews

Château de Villesavin

The Château was built by Jean le Breton on the position of an old manor house. Jean le Breton was the Lord of Villandry and of Villesavin, Secretary of taxes under François 1st and entrusted by the King with the work of controlling the building and paying of Chambord. The Château was build by the sa...

Tour-en-Sologne

8 reviews

Château de Cheverny

Only some remnants of Raoul Hurault’s old fortified castle possibly remain today. To say possibly may be surprising. This is a mystery in Cheverny as it cannot be proven whether part of the outbuildings are vestiges of the old castle. The old castle was captured in a drawing by a travelling artist b...

Cheverny

31 reviews

Château de Troussay

The castle of Troussay from 15th to 19th century The story of Troussay begins with the laying of its first stone around 1450. A 1545 act mentions the name of the first owner: Robert de Bugy, later called “the Lord of Troussay”. By 1578, he is an alderman of the city of Blois. His family is ennobled...

Cheverny

Château de Chenonceau

Property of the Crown, then royal residence, Chenonceau Castle is an exceptional site not only because of its original design, the richness of its collections, its furniture and its decorations, but also because of its destiny, since it was loved, administrated and protected by women, who were all e...

Chenonceaux

23 reviews

Château de Talcy

The slender roofs of Talcy château rise up out of the arable plains of the petite Beauce area 25km from Blois. Come and visit this 16th-century farming château whose history has been marked by poets, and admire the original 18th-century decorations together with the conservatory orchard.

Talcy

4 reviews

6€

Full-fare

Château Royal de Blois

Favorite residence of the Kings of France. A residence for the Counts of Blois, the Dukes of Orleans, the Kings and Queens of France, and several princes in exile, the Royal Château of Blois is haunted by the memory of all the illustrious hosts lived here. Among these renowned figures are several co...

Blois

Carnet de voyage

A royal Christmas

The Loire Valley castles in the Christmas atmosphere

A bicycle tour for the 500th anniversary of Renaissance

On the Castles by bike

François I

The builder king

Leonardo da Vinci

A modern day genius

Gourmet production in the Loire Valley

From the ground to the plate

New! Virtual historical reconstructions

Blois and Chambord

Carnet de voyage