Tour of the Castles of the Loire 3
Full day excursion to the
castles of the Loire Valley visiting the castles of Chambord, Blois, Cheverny,
visiting the city of Orléans.
We go to Paris for the first
Chateau de Chambord, which is compared with fabulous Halls. It affects not only
the size of 440 rooms, 365 fireplaces, and innovation architecture. Road castle
takes about 2 hours during which time you see a documentary film about the
historic castles of the Loire duration
of 1.5 hours, and here we are on the spot, the driver you buy a ticket and
Russian audio guides or you visit the castle with a personal guide (depending
on the chosen tariff) !
After inspection of the castle
we go to town on the banks of the Loire River Blois where we stop for lunch and
see the beautiful castle of Blois. Royal Castle of Blois in the French
department of Loir-et-Cher -one of the largest size of the castles of the
Loire, the favorite residence of French King Louis XII and Francis I.
The castle is located in thecenter of Blois., on the right bank of the Loire, and along with other castles
of the Loire is protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Dale we are the
way to the hunting castle of Cheverny.
Cheverny Castle - one of the
most famous castles of the Loire - boasts an elegant decoration and a real
soul, which he invested in the same family for six centuries! The estate is
owned by the same owners since 1338 - the family Huraul de Vibrae. In Cheverny
very well preserved rich environment, which includes furniture, tapestries,
collection of arms and armor, and many paintings, including the great masters -
Francois Clouet and Raphael and his school. There are beautifully furnished and
children, and several bedrooms and living room, and office and dining room.
Everywhere beautiful household items, antiques, but they are not dead, and the
impression that all of these are so far. In short, the castle alive, he lives
and breathes quite modern life, carefully preserving its history. On top of
Cheverny - this is the famous house hunting. Team participating in hunting with
hounds, leaves 2 times a week from October to the end of March to hold on to
his closest hunt by all the rules of the Middle Ages! In the kennel including
more than 70 beagles, all of finish available - tricolor to the same and they
are all displayed in France. The right side of each dog from Cheverny decorated
specially clipped emblem in the form of a victorious letter V, at the same time
- this is the first letter of the names of the owners of the house - Vibraye.
It also remained very effective Trophy, which displays more than 2,000 horns of
deer killed since 1850. The solemn reception room, right in front of the
majestic fireplace, Jacques Loire of Chartres create a modern stained-glass
windows, an unusual beauty and fine workmanship that demonstrate progress
hunting with hounds in full detail.
After inspecting the castle
Shyverni of going on his way to Paris to Orleans city - the largest city in the
Loire Valley, a kind of “Paris on the Loire ", the royal city, is an
ancient possession of the Crown, since the reign of Hugh Capet in 987-996
years. He was always an original addition to the capital, and often had her
common destiny. Paris and Orleans - domains Capetian dynasty, whose
representatives were due to them all the time in the fight. In the city you
will see the Cathedral of St. Croix, Jany monument of Arc, the main square of
Orleans and many more beautiful places! After walking around the city, we
return to Paris.
