Known as the Cradle of the French, the Loire Valley is a land of fairy tale castles, royal residences and incredible Renaissance architecture. This historic region is home to about 300 magnificent ...

To escape the bustle of Paris, head to the Loire Valley countryside, brimming with castles, croissants, and wine ...

Despite the misadventures, cycling in the Loire Valley is thoroughly enjoyable. The easy riding and fairy-tale castles make this an ideal trip to take with older children and teens. CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE ...

My 10 days at Château d'Alogny, in a part of France unknown to me, was the most near-perfect trip I've ever taken. Alogny, south of the Loire Valley and only 80 minutes from Paris, is a comfortable, ...

The Loire Valley is a land of castles. From the point where the great river rises at Mont-Gerbier-de-Jonc until its waters disperse into the Atlantic, the beautiful scenery of the river bank is dotted ...

The newly restored château de Môh captures the languorous luxury of the French countryside. It is lunchtime on a bitterly cold January day when I arrive at Château de Môh. Within moments of pulling up ...

Accommodation at Domaine De Dugny 'But what about the beach?' The children were not impressed with the prospect of a summer break far from the seaside. For them, summer holidays have always involved ...

FOR one reason or another I seemed to have bypassed the joys that the Loire Valley has to offer until April this year. Twenty years tasting wines – many of them from the Loire – and never once setting ...

Reporting from OrlÉans, France — “Follow me,” I said to my fiancé, Carlos, as we hopped on our rental bikes in Orléans, just one hour south of Paris on the high-speed Train à Grande Vitesse.

It is lunchtime on a bitterly cold January day when I arrive at Château de Môh. Within moments of pulling up to the estate—a restored 15th-century castle overlooking the confluence of the Vienne and ...