Chateaux included with the Loire Valley Chateau Pass

Tourist Sites

Chateau de Chambord The Castle of Chambord is located at about fifteen kilometers in the east of Blois in a landscape of forests, ponds and brooks, amongst the thick brushwood where animals hide, the château of young king François 1er was built at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Listed by UNESCO as belonging to the World Heritage, Chambord is the only royal estate to have preserved its original layout. Phone: 33 (0)2-54-50-50-00    *Special Offer: Free entrance with the Clef des Temps Pass Chateau d'Angers The castle of Châteaudun overlooks the Loir valley, and used to occupy a strategic position at the outermost bounds of the Beauce plain. It was owned by the Orléans family from 1391 to 1710. The former feudal castle was rapidly transformed into a comfortable, light residence. In the courtyard, there are still two stairs with loggias, one in Flamboyant style and the other in Renaissance style. Phone: 33 (0)2-41-87-43-47    *Special Offer: Free entrance with the Clef de Temps Pass Chateau d'Azay le Rideau Built on an island in the middle of the Indre River, the chateau of Azay-le-Rideau was one of the first chateaux of the Renaissance. It was built between 1518 and 1523 for Gilles Berthelot, a rich treasurer who was in the service of King François I. He was later in jeopardy and the chateau was confiscated. There is a collection of French and Flemish tapestries from the 16th and 17th centuries. Phone: 33 (0)2-47-45-42-04    *Special Offer: Free entrance with the Clef des Temps Pass Chateau de Chaumont sur Loire Dominating the Loire valley in a strategic position, the château was rebuilt in the late 15th end early 16th century by the Amboise family. The property of Catherine de Medicis in 1560, it passed to her rival, Diane de Poitiers. At the end of the 19th century, the princes of Broglie luxuriously refurbished the château and in 1884 had the very beautiful grounds designed by Henri Duchêne. Phone: 33 (0)2-54-51-26-26    *Special Offer: Free entrance with the Clef des Temps Pass Chateau d'Angers This early medieval fortress stands on a hill in the town center close to the Cathedral St-Maurice. Its main attraction today is the Tapestry of the Apocalypse housed inside. The 100-meter-long tapestry series, woven between 1375 and 1378, tells the story of St. John s Vision of the Apocalypse, complete with fighting hydras and angels. Phone: 33 (0)2-41-87-43-47    *Special Offer: Free entrance with the Clefs des Temps Pass Chateau de Talcy Built in 1520 for an Italian banker, Bernard Salviati, this château remains faithful to the local architecture. A well, outbuilding including a wine-press, dovecote, and a garden presently being made into an orchard underline the agricultural character of the estate. Here, Ronsard fell in love with Cassandra, who inspired his famous poem "Mingonne, allons voir ...". The house still has its 18 th century furnishings. Phone: 33 (0)2-54-85-03-01    *Special Offer: Free entrance with the Clef des Temps Pass Chateau de Fougeres sur Bievres The grim, medieval Château de Fougères provides a good contrast to Cheverny. It lies in the village of FOUGÈRES-SUR-BIÈVRE, 10km southwest of Cheverny, and was built in 1470 by Louis XI's chancellor, who was clearly sceptical about long-term peace. Phone: 33 (0)2-54-20-27-18    *Special Offer: Free entrance with the Clef des Temps Pass Abbaye royale de Fontevraud The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud is one of the largest monastic centers in western Christendom and was a double religious order continuously under the direction of its ruling Abbess. The Abbey was kept under the protection of the Counts of Anjou and that of their descendants the Plantagenets, the Kings of England. The Abbey church houses the tombs of Henry II Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their son Richard the Lion-Hearted and Isabelle of Angouleme. Phone: 33 (0)2-41-51-71-41    *Special Offer: Free entrance with the Clef des Temps Pass Chateau d’Oiron Chateau d'Oiron 16th century château with sumptuous painted ceilings and galleries and numerous rooms dedicated to contemporary art. Phone: 33 (0)5-49-96-51-25    *Special Offer: Free entrance with the Clef des Temps Pass