 "La Touraine", Garden of FranceTouraine, also called "the Garden of France", is a region world renowned for its art, history and culture. Its climate is temperate and the many lakes, rivers and forests give it a certain balance and charm while the food and wines make it a region of wonderful flavours. Click hereunder to find out about the location on the maps and to discover what there is to see, to taste and to drink...  The
"Loire Valley" has been listed World Heritage of
humanity by the Unesco.The Val de Loire is an exceptional cultural landscape of a great beauty, with historical towns and villages, great architectural monuments - the castles - and cultivated lands that have been modelled by centuries of interactions between the populations and their physical environment, in particular by the river Loire itself.  Les
Châteaux of the Loire ValleyDiscovering a valley that was once the favourite area of the French Kings. As Capetians (987-1328) they established their dynasty at Orleans before choosing Paris as their Capital. No journey in the world offers such a variety of exceptional sites and historical monuments; here History combined spiritual and cultural ways of life. All The "Châteaux", Manor Houses, Churches and Abbeys are testimonials of the French History. | ||||
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