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In reply to the discussion: I plan to visit some Loire Valley chateaux this fall. Take a look and help me narrow it down some. [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)24. I love d'Ussé
There's a hotel right nearby in Chinon, Diderot, that is wonderful, and a great Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant called l'Oceanic, which makes the best turbot I've ever had in my life (and that was two days after eating turbot at le Meurice in Paris...)
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I plan to visit some Loire Valley chateaux this fall. Take a look and help me narrow it down some. [View all]
CurtEastPoint
Apr 2016
OP
they all look great but two I really like are the one Leonardo lived in (fabulous) and
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#3
I plan on about 4 days to visit several. I will have spent 10 days in Brittany
CurtEastPoint
Apr 2016
#5
been to Paris twice and had a river cruse down the Rhone into the south of France.
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#6
I've been there once, 10 years ago. I couldn't see that damn painting because it had
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#8
It will hopefully be in the church where the St. Lucy painting now is preserved.
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#40
Its like seeing the beautiful fairytale castles from my childhood books made real.
procon
Apr 2016
#4
Oh, the memories! My husband and I honeymooned in France for a month--31 years ago.
mnhtnbb
Apr 2016
#20
If you find one at a good price, feel free to grab it for me, ole buddy, ole friend!
struggle4progress
Apr 2016
#22