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A DRIVING TOUR
CHÂTEAUX TOUR

OF THE SOLOGNE

EXPERIENCE The Loire Valley de Beauregard; Château de Villesavin Terrain Mainly flat The Château de
Length 60 kms (37 miles) Stopping-off points Château
Beauregard was built
The mysterious Sologne is a secretive landscape
around 1520 as a hunting
lodge for François I.
of woods and marshes edged by vineyards. This
ambling rural route takes in some of the Loire’s
The Renaissance Château
most varied châteaux. The five on this tour – for
de Villesavin has an
which a couple of days is required – represent a
authentic dovecote.
delightful encapsulation of regional architecture.
Chambord
Blois
Dhuizon
St-Gervais-
la-Forêt
Château de Villesavin Bracieux
Loire Beauregard
Château de
Cellettes Fontaines-en-Sologne
Candé-sur- Cour-Cheverny
Beuvron Château de
Château de Cheverny Vernou-en-
Chaumont Les Montils Sologne
Chaumont-
START sur-Loire Courmemin
Fougères-sur-
Bièvre
Sambin Fresnes
Veilleins
Contres
Mur-de-
Soings-en- Sologne
Sologne
Pontlevoy
Choussy FINISH Lassay-sur-
Couddes Croisne
Château du Moulin
Chémery Gy-en-
Sologne
Château du Moulin is
known as the “pearl of
Château de Chaumont the Sologne”.
is a feudal castle with
Renaissance embellish­ Finished in 1634, the
ments and lofty views Classical Château
over the River Loire. de Cheverny still
belongs to a
descendant of the THE LOIRE VALLEY
original owner.
Châteaux Tour
of the Sologne
0 kilometres 6 N
0 miles 6
Locator Map
For more detail see p288
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