The Gaudelain Castle will offer absolute charm and peace as it is isolated between the Cheverny forest and the vineyard of the Cher valley.
In a refined setting you will savour the Solognote specialties and you will stroll in the forest lanes of the immense park which surrounds this former XVIIth century hunt house.
You will reach the banks of the river Cher while discovering the hidden treasures of a secret Sologne : the Cheverny castle a blend of half-medieval and half -Renaissance styles ; Saint-Blaise church and one panel of the altar piece made by Léonard de Vinci’s school ; the gunflint museum in Meusnes. Here you are on the Touraine road of wines. From Saint-Aignan the peaceful villages on the banks of the river Cher follow the elegant façades of the Renaissance castles.
From the top of the keep in the Montrichard castle you will admire the bucolic landscape where the maisons à pans de bois and slate roofs are nestled around the Roman church.
The Chenonceaux castle built by a woman for women who became landladies expresses a romantic melancholy. After Catherine Briçonnet, her builder, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Médicis, Louise de Lorraine and Dupré will leave their print.
You will escape the valley of Cher by crossing the Amboise forest. In Amboise, you must visit the Clos-Lucé, a former Léonard de Vinci’s home which has kept the atmosphere where he displayed his genius.
Dwadle again along the river before leaving the Val de Loire to reach the Moulins Castle.