Lavish and lush

France’s extravagant royal past is everywhere in the gentle landscapes and sprawling chateaux of the Loire Valley. This river valley is the epitome of bucolic bliss with its gentle pastures, scattering myriad romantic chateaux across the landscape, plopped amid sprawling manicured gardens or perched on placid lakes. Poised on the crucial frontier between northern and southern France, and just a...
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