Chauffeured Loire Valley highlights full day tour: Chenonceau and Chambord.

In the XVI century, attracted by the beauty of its landscape, its forests, its wines, its majestic waterways, French kings and queens decided to move to the Loire Valley. They needed places where to stay or hunt. There still are 300 castles here now ! Licensed tour guide for 25 years now, I will use my experience and knowledge to explain what French Renaissance architecture is all about. I will be happy to deliver anecdotes about daily life of sovereigns and their court in our chateaux. Chambord, hunting lodge built by king François I, is the largest and most spectacular castle. With its 426 rooms ans crazy rooftops, it will simply blow your mind. Chenonceau, arching across the river and nestled in magnificent Renaissance gardens, was built by the king's mistress, Diane, making it the most romantic castle here. En route, my joy will be to show details in our everyday landscape such as our crops, our vineyards, small private hidden manor houses etc.