The gardens. Rather than a park with lawns and woods, which most chateaux have, Villandry boasts an extraordinary arrangement of formal gardens based on medieval and Renaissance designs, with each ...

Along the Loire River Valley, the beautiful French countryside is studded with châteaux. Along the Loire River Valley, the beautiful French countryside is studded with evocative châteaux. Home-basing ...

Chateau Villlandry was completed around 1536 and was the last of the large chateaux built in the Loire Valley during the renaissance. Photo / PK Stowers PK Stowers travels to France's Loire Valley and ...

"Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to travel to the Loire Valley to see these wonders with their own eyes," the Internet giant's Paris-based cultural institute said in a statement on Tuesday ...

(<<< Continued from previous page) But the garden is about more than straight lines. Henri's great-grandfather, Joachim (a Spanish doctor married to an American heiress who funded the purchase of the ...

Think of the French countryside, and you think of chateaux. They come in as many different styles as there are pastries in Paris, from medieval fortresses to fairytale castles, royal palaces to lovely ...