Soar over the Château de Villandry in Villandry, France, the last of the great Renaissance palaces built on the banks of the Loire River. The drone captures the world-famous formal gardens, where six ...

The gardens of the Chateau de Villandry in France’s Loire Valley will be ablaze with more than 2,000 candles this summer. Photo Credit: FPaillet Felicity Long France's Loire Valley is known for its ...

This is the "kitchen garden" at France's Villandry with the chateau in the background. Lebanon's Ann Coleman restored it to its Renaissance glory in the early 1900s. France's Chateau de Villandry is ...

Visit these chateaux embracing the festive spirit in France’s picturesque Loire Valley over the winter holidays. Domaine National de Chambord during the holidays. One of the Loire Valley’s most ...

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 ...

A nest crafted from vines and rose bushes makes for an effective outdoor dining setting, I discovered, while eating in the “secret garden” that sits in the courtyard of Chateau du Rivau. The last ...

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Gentle cycling is the perfect pace to enjoy the region’s sunflower fields and medieval towns – with gourmet food and fine wine along the way ...

It’s spring and I’m motoring with my husband from Normandy to the Loire Valley, visiting gardens and brocante markets. It’s a slow, impossibly lovely journey through innumerable charming villages, ...