While Chambord is arguably the most famous, every one of the celebrated châteaux in the Loire Valley, of which more than a ...

I am planning a 10-day driving tour of the Loire region for the end of May this year. There is much in the guide books about the various chateaux I could visit.

Who needs the rigours of the Tour de France? Ellen Branagh embarks on a leisurely cycle tour of the Loire Valley ‘Will this work with your bike, madame?” Fortunately it wasn’t a complicated ...

The Loire cycle route, La Vallée du Loir à Vélo, is 90 miles of back roads and green paths. You can hire a bike at several places along the way.

‘Will this work with your bike, madame?” Fortunately it wasn’t a complicated piece of machinery I was being asked about. It was a glass of French white, produced in the Loire Valley, ready ...

Château de Noizay (0033 2 47 52 1101; relaischateaux.com) overlooks the river valley in the lower Loire, not far from the châteaux of Amboise, Villandry, Azay-le-Rideau, Chinon and Ussé ...

‘Will this work with your bike, madame?” Fortunately it wasn’t a complicated piece of machinery I was being asked about. It was a glass of French white, produced in the Loire Valley, ready ...

Who needs the rigours of the Tour de France? Ellen Branagh embarks on a leisurely cycle tour of the Loire Valley ...

‘Will this work with your bike, madame?” Fortunately it wasn’t a complicated piece of machinery I was being asked about. It was a glass of French white, produced in the Loire Valley, ready ...

‘Will this work with your bike, madame?” Fortunately it wasn’t a complicated piece of machinery I was being asked about. It was a glass of French white, produced in the Loire Valley, ready ...