LOIRE VALLEY, France -- I wasn’t sure how to explore the castle-filled Loire Valley on my first trip to the region years ago, but the travel guide Let’s Go France provided the inspiration.

With more than 3.3 million visitors per year, the group of 42 chateaux that make up the UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Loire Valley is one of the most popular tourist destinations in France outside ...

Despite the misadventures, cycling in the Loire Valley is thoroughly enjoyable. The easy riding and fairy-tale castles make this an ideal trip to take with older children and teens. CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE ...

France’s Loire Valley is a 300-square-mile region known as the “country of castles and wines.” Sometimes called, “The Valley of Kings,” the region has attracted the likes of Leonard da Vinci, the ...

The Loire Valley is a land of castles. From the point where the great river rises at Mont-Gerbier-de-Jonc until its waters disperse into the Atlantic, the beautiful scenery of the river bank is dotted ...

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The newly restored château de Môh captures the languorous luxury of the French countryside. It is lunchtime on a bitterly cold January day when I arrive at Château de Môh. Within moments of pulling up ...