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 Château
de Chambord
- Excellent for letting off steam.
Location: On D112, 18km
E of Blois
General Info: Open all year except Jan 1, May 1, Dec 25.
Children free, charge for adults. Tel No: 0(2) 54 50 50 00.
Description: A first sighting of
Chambord will truly take your breath away due simply to the scale of
the place – it is awesome! which isn’t surprising given that there are
well over 400 rooms in the château alone, only a fraction of which can be
visited. (80 rooms) This is not a sumptuously decorated chateau like
others of the region and in fact many of the rooms you can visit are empty
of furniture, but it is fun to walk around and get a feel for what it must
have been like to live in such a vast place. The grand staircase is great
fun, especially for children, as it was designed as a double spiral so
that people going up and down need not pass each other. Within the grounds
of the chateau it is possible to take rides around the park and for an
extra charge there are equestrian displays in season.
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Our favourite Chateaux in
the
Loire valley:
- Angers Castle
- Château de Brézé
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Château de Chambord
-
Château
de Chenonceau
-
Château de Villandry
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Best
Loire Chateaux
When
it comes to chateaux the Loire valley gives the Dordogne a good run for
its money! However whereas the Dordogne chateaux are generally
situated on craggy cliff tops, many of the most impressive Loire chateaux
are majestically set in river valleys, in forest clearings or, in the case
of Chenonceau, straddling the river! Unlike the
Dordogne chateaux, the Loire chateaux were
built with luxury and pleasure as their raison d'être!