Château de Chambord seen from the end of its long gravel approach

Latest trip · Loire Valley · April 2007

Three days, six châteaux and two little photographers

Tim, Katrien, Mariken (4) and Liselore (2) drive from Brussels to the Loire, armed with a spare camera and a lot of bathroom stops.

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The route

Brussels → Tours, then a château a day

Our base was a hotel in Chambray-lès-Tours. Every post links to that day’s route on the map.

From Mariken’s camera — and ours

Tim in front of Azay-le-Rideau
Château de Blois
The double-helix staircase at Chambord
Blois town square