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Monday, February 16, 2015

Tour of the Castles of the Loire Gastronomy





Full day excursion to the castles of the Loire Valley visiting the castles of Chambord, Chenonceau, Clos-Luce, a visit to wine cellars, wine tasting, a visit to the cellars for growing mushrooms, visit the farm for the production of cheese, cheese tasting.


So 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. The road to the castle takes about 2 hours, during which time you see a documentary historical film about the castles of the Loire duration of 1.5 hours, and here we are in place, the review of the castle outside the driver you take a picture of you will walk a little further and go according to plan! Then we will have a way to goat farm, where you can get acquainted with the technology of production of cheese to taste and buy cheese.


And now it's time for lunch! You can dine at one of the restaurants in the town near the castle of Chenonceau, or on the way to the castle of Chenonceau, we can stop at one of the cafes in the beautiful village of.


At the castle there are stalls where you can buy sengvich, pizza and so on. D.

After a delicious lunch for another 20 minutes on the way and we are coming to the place of mushroom cultivation, are you familiar with the technology of growing mushrooms. Another 15 minutes and we drive up to the castle of Chenonceau, which is located on the River Cher, a tributary of the Loire is known as the Ladies' Castle, as it is inextricably linked the fate of the amazing women of Catherine de Medici, Diane de Poitiers, Louise of Lorraine, George Sand It is unique richness of the interiors and gardens, and that is literally water.

Next plan castle Clos LucéDroga takes (15 min), the French medieval castle, one of the most famous castles of the Loire. The house-museum of Leonardo da Vinci - Castle Clos Lucé - a masterpiece, built by Charles VIII - known for being the last residence the great Leonardo da Vinci. At the invitation of King Francis Iznamenity Tuscan lived here for the last 3 years of his life, having to modify some of its old and develop new inventions, including a draft of an ideal palace in an ideal city. It is also believed that it was in the Clos Lucé artist completed the work on the world-famous "Mona Lisa."

Dale we will tour the wine cellars and tasting of wine produced in the Loire Valley. The Loire Valley - the third largest wine region of France. It is called the "royal garden of France." Winery exists since the beginning of the 16th century and to this day continues the family business at the winery you will see from my grandfather to grandchildren, all these things * I work at the winery is their favorite thing and calling! After tasting thirteen wines we are way home after 2 hours we arrive in Paris.