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I know that this groups pretty much dead, but I'll try and see if I can muster up a meaningful discussion. If I were to undertake a (driving) tour of the French Chateaux, what would be the ones that you would consider "must see" thanks tim |
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It would be meaningful if you were really undertaking this tour.
Are you or is it just make believe ? "tim...." a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... I know that this groups pretty much dead, but I'll try and see if I can muster up a meaningful discussion. If I were to undertake a (driving) tour of the French Chateaux, what would be the ones that you would consider "must see" thanks tim |
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"Runge 132" wrote in message . fr... It would be meaningful if you were really undertaking this tour. Are you or is it just make believe ? no I'm really thinking of doing it tim |
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All right then !
Must sees are the Chateaux de la Loire, among them Chambord and Azay le Rideau, but if you stay round there a couple of days, then you can see the whole lot. Around Paris, Versailles, Chantilly and Fontainebleau. Have a look here for more, there are pics if you don't read french : http://www.linternaute.com/sortir/ma...francais.shtml And here are 30 more in the medieval style : http://www.francesoir.fr/actualite/s...nce-76595.html People will undoubtely give you more, but with this lot, all you have now is to determine your journey. "tim...." a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... "Runge 132" wrote in message . fr... It would be meaningful if you were really undertaking this tour. Are you or is it just make believe ? no I'm really thinking of doing it tim |
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"Runge 132" wrote in message . fr... All right then ! Must sees are the Chateaux de la Loire, among them Chambord and Azay le Rideau, but if you stay round there a couple of days, then you can see the whole lot. Around Paris, Versailles, Chantilly and Fontainebleau. Have a look here for more, there are pics if you don't read french : http://www.linternaute.com/sortir/ma...francais.shtml And here are 30 more in the medieval style : http://www.francesoir.fr/actualite/s...nce-76595.html People will undoubtely give you more, but with this lot, all you have now is to determine your journey. "tim...." a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion : ... "Runge 132" wrote in message . fr... It would be meaningful if you were really undertaking this tour. Are you or is it just make believe ? no I'm really thinking of doing it tim thanks everybody ideas duly noted tim |
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tim.... wrote on Mar 3, 2012:
I know that this groups pretty much dead, but I'll try and see if I can muster up a meaningful discussion. If I were to undertake a (driving) tour of the French Chateaux, what would be the ones that you would consider "must see" If you mean the Chateaux of the Loire Valley, the most impressive, not to be missed, is probably Chambord. The exterior is amazing and inside it's quite interesting as well. It has the famous double-helix staircase (like the DNA molecule), which some say was designed by Leonardo da Vinci (though no one knows for certain). Chenonceau is also good, built actually in the river just to be different. -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire mike_lane at mac dot com |
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In message . com, Mike
Lane writes tim.... wrote on Mar 3, 2012: I know that this groups pretty much dead, but I'll try and see if I can muster up a meaningful discussion. If I were to undertake a (driving) tour of the French Chateaux, what would be the ones that you would consider "must see" If you mean the Chateaux of the Loire Valley, the most impressive, not to be missed, is probably Chambord. The exterior is amazing and inside it's quite interesting as well. It has the famous double-helix staircase (like the DNA molecule), which some say was designed by Leonardo da Vinci (though no one knows for certain). Chenonceau is also good, built actually in the river just to be different. Amboise, for the location and the chapel. Villandry for the garden... Sheila -- --- Sheila Page |
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:25:03 +0000, Sheila Page wrote:
In message . com, Mike Lane writes tim.... wrote on Mar 3, 2012: I know that this groups pretty much dead, but I'll try and see if I can muster up a meaningful discussion. If I were to undertake a (driving) tour of the French Chateaux, what would be the ones that you would consider "must see" If you mean the Chateaux of the Loire Valley, the most impressive, not to be missed, is probably Chambord. The exterior is amazing and inside it's quite interesting as well. It has the famous double-helix staircase (like the DNA molecule), which some say was designed by Leonardo da Vinci (though no one knows for certain). Chenonceau is also good, built actually in the river just to be different. Amboise, for the location and the chapel. In Amboise, le clos Lucé, were Leonardo da Vinci lived. http://www.vinci-closluce.com/en/ Cours Cheverny http://www.chateau-cheverny.fr/ In Paris, the 14th century Vincennes Dugeon, easily accessible: http://www.chateau-vincennes.fr/index.php A bit further, accessible by the RER A express line, Saint Germain en Laye, which is also museum, very large terrace dominating the Seine River with a sightseeing on Paris. http://www.saintgermainenlaye.fr/en/ Castles in every region on this web site, here La Hunaudaye, Brittany: http://www.casteland.com/pfr/chateau.../hunaudaye.htm Fortified towns: Within an hour of Paris by train http://www.provins.net/index.php/the...st-office.html Yvoire, between Genève and Evian http://www.yvoiretourism.com/index.html Najac (south west France) http://www.tourisme-najac.com/fr/dec...ne/chateau.php Center east, near Lyon, Perouges: http://www.perouges.org/ Dentelles de Montmirail (south east, Provence) http://www.ot-beaumesdevenise.com/ Villandry for the garden... Sheila |
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"Tim" writes:
If I were to undertake a (driving) tour of the French Chateaux, what would be the ones that you would consider "must see" My wife and I actually did this last year, but we did the usual thing of trying to visit too many places in too little time. We ended up visiting seven chateaux in two days, but we only went inside two of them (the last two listed), so it was something of a lightning tour: 1. Angers 2. Saumur 3. Ussé (Rigny-Ussé) 4. Azay-le-Rideau 5. Villandry 6. Cheverny 7. Chambord (been there before) We would have done one more -- which one slips my mind -- if not for the fact that at Azay-le-Rideau, not only the building but the grounds (it was the exterior that we want to see there anyway) closed at 5 pm. These are fine buildings and we had a good time anyway. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "This one isn't close. It's not even close to | being close." --Adam Beneschan My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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