France's Best Trips - Loire Valley & Central France Trips
World-renowned châteaux and fine wines may be the most obvious reasons to visit central France but this region was also once the site of Europe’s grandest volcanoes,its largest concentration of cave dwellings and some of its finest medieval architecture.
- tour France’s greatest châteaux, from austere medieval towers to exuberant royal palaces
- discover the Loire’s subterranean world: wine cellars, cave dwellings and mushroom farms
- search for medieval treasures in Burgundy’s churches, monasteries and fortified villages
Coverage includes: Chinon, Langeais, Villandry, Azya-le-Rideau, Chenonceaux, Amboise, Blois, Cheverny, Chambord, Saumur, Turquant, Montsoreau, Candes-St-Martin, Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, Musée Rabelais, Château de Brézé, Doué-la-Fontaine, Rochemenier, Château de Brissac, St-Hilaire-St-Florent, Angers, Vulcania, Puy de Dôme, Orcival, Col de Guéry, Le Mont-Dore, St-Nectaire, Besse-et-Ste-Anataise, Puy Mary, Salers, Cluny, Tournus, Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Semur-en-Auxois, Abbaye de Fontenay, Noyers-sur-Serein, Vézelay, Gevrey-Chambertin, Château du Clos de Vougeot, Nuits-St-Georges, Aloxe-Corton, Château de Pommard, Château de Meursault, St-Romain, Château de La Rochepot, Puligny-Montrachet and Dijon Walking Tour.
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