Castles & tourist sites
The Gardens of VillandryPrice: €8 (public price: €8.50) The Château de Villandry is a unique example of Renaissance architecture and gardens. Six sumptuous gardens await you: the vegetable garden, the ornamental garden, the water garden, the medicinal plant garden, the labyrinth and the sun garden.
Château de Chenonceau - EnfantPrice: €18 (public price: €19) Its arches gracefully span the Cher. Cherished by Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Médicis, Chenonceau remains the most visited château in France after Versailles. Wonderfully furnished (ah, its kitchens!), this 16th century château can be visited with an iPod. You'll fall under the spell of the gardens planted on either side of the keep... and the delightful village, whose name is spelt with an ‘x’!
Bioparc Zoo de Doué-la-Fontaine - Enfant 3-10More than 1800 animals have found an exceptional natural setting here! In a real mineral and plant labyrinth, the naturally air-conditioned tunnels will take you from one world to another. At the Biopark, the animals live in XXL spaces: take the time to explore their territories, you will be rewarded. During the animations, admire their natural behaviour: here there is no training, just the spectacle of nature!
Royal Chateau of BloisPrice: €14.50 (public price: €16.00) The favourite residence of the Kings of France during the Renaissance, the Royal Château of Blois is a true architectural and historical synthesis of the Châteaux of the Loire. Its four wings, each in a different style, and its monumental staircase around the same courtyard, offer an astonishing panorama of French architecture from the Middle Ages to the Classical period. In the royal flats, the magnificent restored polychrome decorations, furniture and paintings evoke the daily life of the Court and power during the Renaissance. The private chambers of François I and the royal chambers of Catherine de Medici and Henri III, where the Duke of Guise was murdered in 1588, are steeped in the major events of French history.
