Location: Loire Valley < France
Nearest Airport: Tours
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Nearest Ferry: Nantes
at 120
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Nearest Train: Port Boulet
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Local Activites: there are marvelous things to see and do in and around the Chateau:
- Tennis in Chinon, 10 minutes by car, rackets available.
- Fishing in local rivers, licenses easily obtained.
- Golf at Loudon, 20 minutes by car (please bring your own clubs).
- Bike rides through the countryside
- Excellent jogging on soft ground beside the rivers or through the woods.
- Interesting walks through the woods or across the fields.
- Kayaking.
- Visits to three or four Renaissance Chateaux, Chambord, Chenonceau, Amboise, Blois, etc.
- Tombs of the Plantagenets at the Abbaye Fontevraud (fifteen minutes by car).
- 'Ecole Nationale d'Equitation' home of the highly trained horses, the famed 'Cadre Noir.
- The chateau at Chinon
- Picnic beside the river Vienne.
- Shopping in Tours
- Paris (55 minutes by TGV) from Tours.
- Futurescope at Poitiers 60 minutes by car.
- Villandry to view the world famous gardens.
- Guided tour to small (non tourist) wineries.