Category: Centre – Val de Loire

For centuries the Kings of France made the Loire Valley their royal playground, a favourite  place to hunt, eat, drink and be very merry. With ...

There is an area of the Loire Valley known as Touraine, one of the traditional provinces of France. One of its most important cities was ...

Leonardo da Vinci not only invented the ancestor of the modern car, he conceptualised a crank-powered armoured tank and designed a humanoid automaton, a mechanical ...

The Loire Valley AKA the Valley of Kings is brimming with castles. There are historic towns like Tours, Amboise and Orleans. And then there are ...

The lure of the Loire – chateaus, gateaus and tasty treats – it’s an irresistible combination. Some things are made for each other. Peaches and ...

The Loire Valley is famed for its lengthy history of Kings, political intrigue and exquisite chateaux. Many are world famous but there are some less ...

The International Garden Festival, Chaumont-sur-Loire is like Kew Gardens meets Chelsea flower show with French flair. There’s a stunning chateau thrown in for good measure, ...

Sancerre is a beautiful, ancient hilltop village wine town. It’s located in the heart of France, in the department of Cher in an area known ...

Julius Caesar was here. The English were here, and because of that, Joan of Arc was here. It seems throughout history, Orleans in the Loire ...

There’s a whole lot to see and do in Tours in the heart of the Loire Valley. It’s easy to reach from Paris by train ...