Cycling Tours in france
Chateaux of the Loire Cycling
* Perfect cycling routes: traffic-free lanes, dedicated paths, majestic forests, vines and sunflowers
* Hand-picked hotels in fabulous locations, superb cuisine throughout
* Renaissance splendour of Chenonceau - "jewel in the Loire crown"
* Lots of historic and cultural interest: pretty wine villages, charming medieval towns, more chateaux than you ever knew existed!
* Wine tasting opportunities galore
This ever-popular cycling holiday explores the “magic triangle” of the majestic Loire and Cher rivers, with the pretty Cisse valley winding through the middle. The cycling is easy, and mostly flat, following little country lanes and river banks, through a region packed with interest. Highlights include the beautiful Renaissance château at Chenonceau, which famously straddles the Cher; the flamboyant royal palace at Amboise, proudly dominating the riverside and town, and the dramatic château at Chaumont, once owned by Catherine de Medici (before being forcibly “exchanged” for Chenonceau in a bitter love-battle with her husband’s mistress), and occupying one of the most stunning sites of all the river’s châteaux.
You can visit the elegant Clos Lucé, the C15 manor house where Italian genius, Leonardo da Vinci, spent the last four years of his life, the historic town of Blois which has long enjoyed stron connections with nobility and royalty, and fairytale Chambord, probably the most ostentatious of all the Loire treasures.
The hotels on this circuit are superbly placed for you to easily visit all the "must see" sights in this region and range from an imposing C17 wine-brokers lodge on the banks of the river to a former "gentlemen's residence" with landscaped gardens and private lake. Meals throughout are of a very high quality and, of course, world-famous local wines are in abundance!
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