This title features the best of the Loire Valley, from its glorious chateaux to its quiet backwaters, from the Orleans of Joan of Arc to the Usse of Sleeping Beauty, and from the vineyards of Sancerre to the Gothic masterpiece of Chartres, with suggested driving tours.
This slim guide excerpted from Rick Steves France includes: Rick's firsthand, up-to-date advice on the Loire Valley's best sights, restaurants, hotels, and more, plus tips to beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps Top ...
Loire Valley
Fhe I ogis du Roi is (he onlv remaining part of the original chateau, the rest was destroyed in the l^th centurv. ... Gaston d'Orléans, to Blois Gaston commissioned Mansan to build a new wing The work was interrupted and thus the most ...
Area maps marked with sights. Insights into history and culture to help you understand the stories behind the sights. Hotel and restaurant listings highlight DK Choice special recommendations.
This is an unbeatable guide to the elegant châteaux, gastronomy, and diverse activities in the Loire Valley, packed with photos and maps, insider tips, useful advice, and information.
Chateaux of the Loire Valley
Chateaux of the Loire Valley presents the Loire Valley s achitectural heritage in brilliant photographs.
1 See Anna Maria Busse Berger, Medieval Music and the Art of Memory (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2005), 198–251 ; and Mary J. Carruthers, The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture ...
The world-famous chateaux of the Loire attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. In this book, the photographer Robert Polidori has captured more than seventy of them in unique...
Best Western Hôtel de France*** offers good comfort in 28 rooms on Chinon's best square; many have partial views of the fortress (family rooms and suites, several rooms have balconies over the square, some have thin walls, ...