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There a number of amazing chateaux to visit in the Loire valley, visit a few from the list below and you won't be disappointed:

Chateau de Blois: - high above the old city of Blois

Chateau de Chenonceau: - this is the ideal place to visit for the full experience, arches above the River Cher, great formal gardens and woodland, amazing Renaissance-period style rooms.

Chateau de Brissac - the title says it all, the "tallest chateau in France" - a unique high class guest house

Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau - located on a wooded island in the Indre

Chateau des Sept Tours, in the heart of the Touraine region, 30km northwest of Tours

Chateau de Chinon - Chinon the town produces some well liked wines, with a hilltop fortress.

Le Prieure - near to the historic town of Saumur, now a chateau hotel

Chateau de Chambord - is easiest the largest of the Loire chateau with 440 rooms

Chateau de Villandry - 15km west of Tours, is famous for its formal gardens