Indre-et-Loire

Centre-Val de Loire

Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard

Next door to Clos Lucé in Amboise, the royal estate of Château-Gaillard was commissioned by Charles VIII upon his return from his first Italian campaign. On a terrace overlooking a park of some fifteen hectares, the king envisioned an earthly paradise in the Italian style. It was here that the…

Centre-Val de Loire

Château d'Ussé

Ussé is said to be the château of Sleeping Beauty, and its skyline of towers and pointed roofs is one of the most famous sights in the Loire Valley. A late medieval fortress turned country residence, it keeps a Renaissance chapel, a wing by Vauban and the furniture of the families who lived here.…