Tag: val de loire
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Domaine des Bidaudieres, Vouvray
If you have been following our trip to the Val de Loire, and our story about finding the chateau we booked (click here to read), this is the second place where we ended up. Because we cannot extend our unplanned stay at Chateau des Arpentis (click here to see it), the owner, Sylvie offered us a room…
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Musée des Blindés, Saumur
Continuing with our visit of Saumur … on the theme of military transportation, from live horses to their modern mechanical replacements … After touring the National Riding School (Ecole nationale d’Equitation), we quickly drove over to the Musée des Blindés (Armoured Vehicle Museum). Unfortunately, it was late in the afternoon and the museum was closing. So we looked…
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La Cadre Noir de Saumur
Back to posting on the stuff we did in June in the Val de Loire … The French National Riding School (Ecole nationale d’Equitation) founded in 1972 is located in Saumur. Take a look at their very helpful official website here. Much of the information here came from this site. We had a 2+ hour-guided tour (the…
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Château et Jardins de Villandry
This is one of the three chateaux we visited in the Loire Valley. We chose Villandry because of its famous beautiful gardens. Villandry is unusual in that it is a Renaissance castle that was the residence of neither a king nor a courtesan, but of Jean Le Breton, Minister of Finance for François I. He drew…
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Château de Chenonceau
Chenonceau is the second château that we visited in the Loire Valley in June of this year. Click here to read about our visit to Château de Chambord. Like Chambord, Chenonceau is also well known and thoroughly written up – see the official website here. The chateau presents itself and distinguish it from the many others in the…
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Château de Chambord, Loire Valley
On our trip to the Val de Loire in June, we visited three famous chateaux. According to an official tourist leaflet, we have a choice of as many as 70-plus chateau in the area. These buildings are national monuments and not the kind that has been converted into a hotel or B&B – like the one…