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  • Are You In Need of a Luxury Vacation? A Fairytale Chateau Is Ready!
    A luxury castle vacation awaits you in France's Loire Valley...

  • The MagnificentI Incredible Loire Valley and Its Food And Wine
    A fairytale wine-tasting adventure awaits the wine connosieur touring the Loire Valley as wine-tasting can be enjoyed together with visits to many spectacular historic chateaux sprinkled throughout the area.

  • The Gorgeus Garden at Chateau Villandry in the Amazing Loire Valley
    The Chateau Villandry Gardens are a sheer delight. They are lovingly and enthusiastically tended by the curator of the chateau and great-grandson of Dr Joachim Carvallo who purchased the chateau in 1906, who purchased the chateau in 1906, Henri Carvallo. When Dr Carvallo purchased the property it was on the point of being demolished. It had been disfigured by the walling up of the arches, fake windows and additions and the moat had been filled in.

  • The Regal Loire Valley and Its Inspiring Gardens
    The Loire Valley in France is a wonderful delight for garden enthusiasts. Not only can you admire the spectacular chateaux and enjoy fine French cuisine and great Loire valley wine, tourists can also marvel at some amazing gardens. The whole valley is now listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site...

  • Golf and the Good Life - France's Magnificent Loire Valley
    It is impossible even for the most jaded globetrotter not to be impressed by the flamboyant architectural one-upmanship that has made this area the playground of French Kings and Queens since the 16th century and a haven for tourists in-the-know in more recent times.

  • Some Time Saving Advice Concerning Adaptors and Transformers
    When preparing your trip to France, do not forget to do a little research and pack the correct adaptors and or transformers for your travel appliances. Otherwise you will get yourself into trouble and blow up your appliances.

  • Travelling To The Splendid Loire Valley in France with a Family
    Easter and Summer holidays are just around the corner. This is the prime time of year for family holidays. Going on holiday with children can be a bit stressful and test your patience.

  • Fancy a Vacation in The Gorgeous Loire Valley in France
    The Loire Valley became the favourite residence of kings who during the Renaissance period entertained in lavish style while enjoying the amazing beauty of the landscape. The castles still stand in all their glory representing the majesty and grandeur of the architecture of that period and the enchanting charm of France's fabulous past.

  • Rent a Chateau in The Gorgeous Loire Valley - Go Ahead And Spoil Yours
    What child reading about fairytale castles in Europe doesn't dream of being a handsome prince or beautiful princess, living a life of romantic luxury, and being waited on hand and foot. Now you are an adult, you can realise this childhood fantasy by renting a luxury Loire Valley chateau for your next holiday. Here you can totally relax and unwind and feel like royalty.

  • What You Need To Know To Drive Through France's Stunning Loire Valley
    France has one of the densest road networks in Europe. Autoroutes or french motorways are a delight to drive on, as they are all relatively new and incredibly well maintained. All of the motorways throughout France are a fast efficient way to travel and once you are on them they are easy to navigate. They are usually expensive and the locals prefer to avoid them and stick to the national routes (the RN and D roads). French roads are always very well maintained...

  • France Attracts Bikers To The Stunning Loire Valley
    In 2000, the central part of the Loire Valley was named a UNESCO World Heritage site for its cultural landscape and historic towns and villages. France in 2005 suffering from a little slump in American tourism, introduced the "Loire à Vélo" biking program, designed to allow cyclists to explore the 880 kilometers of spectacular cycling trails and roads that wind along Europe's last wild river past mysterious troglodyte homes (limestone caves), picturesque french villages...

  • Castle of Clos Luce in France's Splendid Val de Loire - Leonardo
    Chateau du Clos Luce is where Leonard de Vinci spent the last three years of his life. King Francois I invited Leonardo da Vinci and he gifted Chateau du Clos Luce to Leonardo together with a pension of 700 golden crowns per annum.

  • The Incredible Val de Loire in France - Mick Jagger's Secret Hideaway
    When Mick Jagger thick-lipped lead singer of the Rolling Stones (affectionately also known as the Strolling Bones) finishes a tour, where does he head to relax? He heads for the beautiful Touraine region in the centre of France in a sleepy little backwater where he can relax with his family and friends preferring the simple life.

  • The Incredibly Royal Loire Valley in France
    Famous for its lavish castles, the relics of royal days gone by, the gorgeous valley of the Loire is rich in both architecture and history. Like the Loire river, this vast region runs through the heart of French life. Its spectacular cities, luxuriant landscape and magnificent wine and food add up to a bourgeois paradise. The lush Loire valley is supremely regal.

  • Boost Your Cooking Expertise with Professional Cookware from France
    There is a lot more to French cookware than ramekins, gratin dishes and copper pots. Good quality French cookware not only boosts your cooking skills it is also an incredible joy to use. What makes French cookware so irresistible is that it is made for a lifetime. It is not about disposable products. It is about buying products you can use for a lifetime and then pass on to your children who can then pass it on to their children. Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma loves...

  • How Not to See Everything on A French Holiday – An Important Often For
    So you're going to France for your next holiday. You have picked a location, organised your travel, and booked your accommodation. That is the easy part of the "where" and the "how." The trickiest part of enjoying and planning your holiday comes next when you need to tackle the "what" issue. That is what are you going to see and what are you going to do. Please don't even contemplate the word "everything".

  • The Beauty of A French Chandelier - The Highest Point of a Rooms
    Never before in the long history of the chandelier has there been as much choice as there is today. You can buy in person or over the internet. You can scour or the junk shops in England or America or the brocante stalls in France.

  • Boost Your Enjoyment of your Incredible Loire Valley Vacation
    One thing that every person should do whilst holidaying in the Loire Valley visiting the spectacular historic castles is to take the time to go for a hot air balloon ride. Although most of us have glanced out at the world below from a window seat in a plane, there is nothing quite like ballooning and feeling the wind in your hair as you glide above the world looking at these amazing architectural gems. Imagine spectacular renaissance castles, charming villages...

  • 3 Enchanting Romantic Recipes for a French Meal for Valentine's Day
    When you prepare your own meal for Valentine's Day, love radiates from your heart, pours into the food and gives it the mystical quality that ignites the soul. When you serve your Valentine an elegant meal do it with some attractive candles, good champagne or wine if you like, and a warm and loving smile. Remember the real aphrodisiac is you!

  • The Playful Past-Time of Castle Hopping in the Beautiful Loire Valley
    The Loire Valley has France's largest selection of 15th and sixteenth century chateaux. With fifty to sixty "must see" chateaux sprinkled on both sides of a 100-mile sweep of the Loire River, the first-time tourist can feel overwhelmed. Details of five of the best-known chateaux are below.

  • Loire Valley Castles and Golf - Can a Holiday Get Any Better
    This valley of the Kings route has been plied for centuries along the longest river in France, the Loire River which remains the last of the wild rivers in Europe. The French Kings literally chateau hopped from one royal castle to another along the banks of the Loire River.



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