Centre Val De Loire


Loire Valley, the Royal Valley

April 6, 2017

The Loire Valley is also known as the Royal Valley because of the many chateaux the kings of the French Renaissance and their vassals built along the river


Chateau de Chinon – Loire Valley – History

December 17, 2016

Chateau de Chinon, restored ruins of the fortress built by Henry II of England where Joan of Arc came to serve King Charles VII during the Hundred years War


Villandry Renaissance Chateau – Gardens

May 26, 2016

The Renaissance Chateau and gardens of Villandry in the Loire Valley, fully restored by Joachim Carvallo, and today registered as UNESCO’s World Heritage


Royal City of Loches – Agnes Sorel’s castle

May 23, 2016

Royal City of Loches, a masterpiece of medieval Military architecture with one of the oldest and best preserved stone dungeons in Europe, where Agnes Sorel lived


Traveling to the Loire Valley from the UK

July 28, 2015

Traveling to the Loire Valley from the UK by air, sea and land is easy as the region is served by 3 airports, ferry links and railway and road networks


Richelieu – Utopian city – Indre-et-Loire

January 6, 2014

Richelieu off the Loire Valley, the ideal city of Cardinal de Richelieu, a walled city built in the 1630s on a grid plan and surrounded by ornamental moats


Chateau du Rivau – The fairytale gardens

December 10, 2013

The fairytale Chateau du Rivau, one of the first castle built in the Loire Valley was restored to its past glory and boasts fourteen fun thematic gardens


Loire Valley architectural styles

June 7, 2013

A brief overview of the various Loire Valley architectural styles from Romanesque to Gothic, Flamboyant, Angevin Gothic to French Renaissance and Classical


St Benoit sur Loire Church – Fleury Abbey

June 7, 2013

St Benoit sur Loire Church is all that is left of the Abbaye de Fleury built on the site of a pagan sacred ground which was the geographical centre of Gaul


Chateau de Cheverny and cartoonist Herge

June 7, 2013

The Chateau de Cheverny, a masterpiece of Classical architecture used as model by Hergé for Captain Haddock’s Chateau de Moulinsart in his Tintin books


Chateau de Chenonceau – The Ladies’ Chateau

June 7, 2013

Chateau de Chenonceau, a masterpiece of French Renaissance architecture known as Wonder of the Loire Valley and Ladies’ Château as owned by women only


Chateau de Chambord – Leonardo da Vinci

June 6, 2013

The Renaissance Chateau de Chambord built in the Loire Valley for François I boasts 440 rooms and a double helix staircase designed by Leonardo da Vinci

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Loire Valley, the Royal Valley

The Loire Valley is also known as the Royal Valley because of the many chateaux the kings of the French Renaissance and their vassals built along the river

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Angers Castle – Dukes Anjou Loire Valley

History of Angers Castle in the Loire Valley, the chateau of the Counts and Dukes of Anjou the descendants of Fulk Nerra and Louis IX’s brother Charles I

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Cycling along the Loire River

The best cycling routes along the Loire River, a series of trails that follow the river from its spring in Auvergne downwards to its mouth in the Atlantic

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Traveling to the Loire Valley from the UK

Traveling to the Loire Valley from the UK by air, sea and land is easy as the region is served by 3 airports, ferry links and railway and road networks

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