A château on a cliff above the River Loir that combines a 12th-century keep, a Gothic wing and a Renaissance wing, built for Dunois, a companion of Joan of Arc. Its Sainte-Chapelle has fine 15th-century painted statues.
The château is the first of the Loire châteaux on the way from Paris, just over an hour from the capital.
A small, peaceful château in the farmland north of Blois, with an orchard and conservatory of old fruit varieties.
One of the most perfect Gothic cathedrals, built mostly between 1194 and 1220 and keeping almost all its original stained glass, famous for its deep …
The largest and most extravagant of the Loire châteaux, built from 1519 for King François I as a hunting lodge.
Home to seven kings and ten queens of France, this royal château in the centre of Blois shows four centuries of French architecture around one courty…
A little fortified château of the late 15th century, between a castle and a country house, with towers, a keep and a courtyard opening onto the villa…
A royal and then presidential château southwest of Paris, used by French presidents to host summits until 2009.
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