europedoor

Amboise & the Loire châteaux, France

Things to do in Amboise & the Loire châteaux

Everything in the Atlas for Amboise & the Loire châteaux: places to see and things to do, in one list.

Château de Chenonceau

Built across the river itself, and run by a succession of women who each rebuilt part of it.

Castle · 2 hours

Clos Lucé

Leonardo's last house, connected to the royal château by a tunnel he probably never used.

Museum · 90 minutes

Château to château by bicycle

900 km of signed, flat riverside route; two days of it between Blois and Tours is the best introduction.

Rail, road or ride · moderate

This page exists because Amboise & the Loire châteaux has at least 3 of them in the Atlas. Destinations with fewer do not have a page for this, on purpose — a facet with one or two entries is a heading with a list under it that you could have read in full on the page you came from. Back to Amboise & the Loire châteaux.