Tuesday for towns in the Loire Valley - stunning Saumur

Saumur  skyline night and day.

Monday's chateau - Chateau de La Guerche in Southern Touraine

 

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Church on Sunday - Saint Etienne, Romorantin Lanthenay

Today our 'church on Sunday' is the parish church of Saint Etienne in the Sologne town of Romorantin Lanthenay in Loir-et-Cher.

More here

Have a good weekend from all of us here in the Loire Valley

Friday from a different angle - Chateau de Rouvray

 

Today we feature Chateau de Rouvray which sits just outside Chambon in Southern Touraine.

  

Thursday's taken in Touraine - the confluence of the rivers Vienne and Loire

Where the rivers Vienne and Loire meet  at Candes-Saint-Martin.

Wednesday is Loches day - from a different angle...

...and it's not even Friday 

Tuesday for towns and villages...Ferriere-Larcon

Today we feature the sleepy little Southern Touraine village of Ferrière-Larçon which sits about 12 km from Le Grand Pressigny.  The village has links to an Irish saint, the Knights Templar and a former Roman settlement, so is steeped in history.

Walking around its pretty little streets today you could be forgiven for thinking,like many of our local villages that time has stood still.

There are a number of troglodyte houses scattered throughout the village and on Rue des Caves (below) you will find a whole street of them.

The village has an interesting church which dominates its landscape.

The last time we did a walk around the village was way back in 2012 - how time flies!

Monday's Loire Valley Chateau - the keep at Chateau du Grand-Pressigny

The ruins of the 12th century keep at Chateau du Grand-Pressigny

Loire Valley church on Sunday - Saint Denise Amboise

Today we feature the Collegiate church of Saint Denis in Amboise. Built at the beginning of the 12th century on the site of an earlier church ( 4th century and Gallo-Roman monument before that ) it still,in spite of many alterations and renovations, hangs on to its Romanesque origins. It is well worth a visit when in the town.

 More on Saint Denise here

Have a great weekend...

Beautidul Chenonceau

Friday from a different angle - chateau de Breze

image not my own

More on Chteau de Breze here. 

Thursday's taken in Touraine 'tracteur à la retraite'

Wednesday is Loches here in our part of Val de Loire

This is how the 'Place du Marché aux Fleurs ' looks before the market sets up.

Tuesday for towns in Centre-Val de Loire - Gargilesse-Dampierre

One of 'Les-Plus-Beaux-Villages-de-France', Gargilesse-Dampierre in Indre (36) 

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Château de Saint-Aignan

Today we feature the 14th century Renaissance castle Chateau de Saint-Aignan in Loire-et-Cher. Although private you can visit its courtyard and terraces.

Church on Sunday in Centre-Val de Loire - Oratory of Germigny-des-Pres

The Corolngian Oratory of Germigny-des-Pres is one of the oldest churches in France (806)...more detail here 

Have a good weekend from all of us in the Loire Valley...

Go out and enjoy your re-found freedom

Friday from a different angle - Chateau du Grand-Pressigny

More on Chateau du Grand-Pressigny here

Thursday's taken in Touraine - view from a bridge at Azay-le-Rideau

Wednesday is Loches day and a welcome return to something like 'normality'...

More on Loches here