Domaine Régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire

Located less than 2 hours from Paris and open all year round, the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire overlooks the Loire River, offering an exceptional view of a wild river and a natural environment untouched for centuries.

The Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire brings together 3 entities on a single 32-hectare property:

- A Centre d'Arts et de Nature, which welcomes some fifteen internationally renowned artists, visual artists and photographers every year. (Andy Goldsworthy, El Anatsui, Guiseppe Penone...)

- An internationally renowned International Garden Festival, recognized by professionals and garden lovers alike, which welcomes landscape gardeners and designers from all over the world every year.

- An exceptional heritage, with one of the finest châteaux in the Loire Valley, surrounded by extensive parkland. Owned in the 16th century by Queen Catherine de Médicis, and later by her rival Diane de Poitiers.
Today, the Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire is one of the Loire Valley's most furnished châteaux.
(on the estate: 5 restaurants, free parking )

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