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WHY THIS IS A IBREAKSTOCK / SHUTTERSTOCK ©
GREAT TRIP
DANIEL ROBINSON,
WRITER
Travel doesn’t get more
quintessentially French – or
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splendidly pampering – than this
tour of the most famous Loire Valley
châteaux, which brings together
so many of the things I love most
about France: supremely refined
architecture, richly dramatic history,
superb cuisine and delectable wines.
My family especially enjoys the
forbidding medieval fortresses of
Langeais and Loches, which conjure
up a long-lost world of knights,
counts and court intrigue.
Top: Le Close Lucé
Left: Chapelle St-Hubert
Right: Château Royal d’Amboise
