DK Eyewitness Loire Valley (Travel Guide)

266 Pages·2018·76.709 MB·English

by  DK Eyewitness

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL
Loire Valley
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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL
Loire Valley
Main Contributor Jack Tresidder
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Produced by Duncan Baird Publishers
London, England Introducing the
Project Editor Stephanie Driver Loire Valley
Editor Slaney Begley
Editorial Assistant Joanne Levêque
Designers Paul Calver, Jill Mumford Discovering the
Design Assistant Christine Keilty
Loire Valley 10
Photographers
John Heseltine, Paul Kenward, Kim Sayer Putting the Loire Valley
Illustrators on the Map 16
Joanna Cameron, Roger Hutchins,
Robbie Polley, Pat Thorne,
A Portrait of the
John Woodcock
Loire Valley 18
Printed in China
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The Loire Valley Through
First published in Great Britain in 1996 by
the Year 42
Dorling Kindersley Limited
80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL
The History of the
Reprinted with revisions 1997 (twice),
1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, Loire Valley 48
A blue room, with tapestries, paintings and
2007, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018
furniture, in the Château de Chambord
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ISBN 978-0-2413-0614-7
Floors are referred to throughout in
accordance with European usage;
ie the “first floor” is the floor above
ground level.
Château de Villandry’s ornamental garden
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Title page Aerial view over the River Loire at Amboise Front cover main image Château de Sully-sur-Loire at sunset
Back cover main image Château de Chenonceau, with its gallery stretching across the River Cher
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Contents
The Loire Valley Travellers’ Survival Guide
Area by Area Needs
The Loire Valley at Where to Stay 200 Practical Information
a Glance 66 230
Where to Eat and
Anjou 68 Drink 210 Travel Information 240
Touraine 92 Shops and Markets 220 General Index 248
Blésois and Activities in the Acknowledgments 260
Orléanais 122 Loire Valley 224
Phrase Book 262
Berry 146
North of the Loire 160
Loire-Atlantique
and the Vendée 180
The impressive Pont Wilson bridge over the River Loire, Tours
Stained glass window at the
Cathédrale St-Etienne, Bourges
Château Royal
de Blois
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6  HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
This guide will help you get the most from with maps, photographs and illustrations.
your stay in the Loire Valley. It provides both Suggestions for food, drink, accommodation,
expert recommendations and detailed prac- shopping and activities are in Travellers’
tical information. Introducing the Loire Valley Needs, and the Survival Guide has tips on
maps the region and sets it in its historical everything from the French telephone
and cultural context. The Loire Valley Area system to getting to the Loire and travelling
by Area describes the important sights, around the region.
The Loire Valley Area
by Area THE LOIRE VALLEY AREA BY AREA  93 1Introduction
The landscape, history
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Each area of the Loire Valley can be A locator map shows the region
quickly identified by its colour coding. in relation to the whole of the
Loire Valley.
94  THE LOIRE VALLEY AREA BY AREA TOURAINE  95
The Château de Chinon, on a cliff above the River Vienne
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HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE  7
4 Major Towns
An introduction covers the history, character and
geography of the town.The main sights are described
individually and plotted on a Town Map.
118  THE LOIRE VALLEY AREA BY AREA TOURS  119 A Visitors’ Checklist gives contact
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