Discovering the castles along the Loire...
20- Vineuil : the viaduct, evidence of the development of the railways during the 19th century - Gérard Chalumeau, is a retired farmer who has long cultivated white asparagus and yams…
21- St Claude de Diray – château de Ménars : « Madame de Pompadour »
22- Montlivault : one of the stops along the pilgrimage of Saint James, the route to Santiago de Compostela
23- Les Montils : the feudal tower haunted by the ghost of Thibault, the Comte de Blois
24- La forêt Russy : get to know the essence of its forest…
25- Monthou-sur-Bièvre : René Chicoineau, president of the association of the loges de vigne, is trying to preserve these buildings
26- Ouchamps : where a poet prince awaits us !
27- Sambin : the legend of a beautiful but deformed shepherdess
28- Fougères-sur-Bièvre : the ghost of the White Lady - Alexis Lambert, educational director of the Château tells the story of the manor house
29- l'Etang de la Boudinière : fantastic legend : that of Boudinière pond !
30- Chitenay : where Denis Papin, the inventor of the piston steam engine, was born.
31- Cellettes - château de Beauregard : its incredible portrait gallery where the entire history contemplates us !
32- le Château de Troussay : a romantic jewel inspired by the Renaissance.
33- Cheverny : it's owner, the Marquis Charles Antoine de Vibraye, will tell you its history – Hergé , Tintin and captain Haddock too
34- Cour Cheverny : an extremely rare grape variety – A winemaker opens the doors of his cellar to taste a glass
35- Chatains : Emmanuel Brochard, Director of the Council of architecture, urbanism and the environment describes the borderland between Touraine and Sologne
36- Foret de Cheverny : a hunt with hounds in the company of the Marquis de Vibraye !
37- La Gaucherie : a fruit as beautiful as it is flavorful : the strawberry of Sologne !
38- Fontaine en Sologne : a charming village with an imposing church and its traditional « solognote » houses.
39- Bauzy : follow the traces of the « bracos », the poachers - - Laetitia Marion, historical guide at the Maison des Étangs in Saint-Viâtre, recounts the origin of the ponds of Sologne
40- Bracieux : its market on Beef Street, « le chemin des bœufs » !
41- le Château de Villesavain : Véronique de Sparre, the owner, tells its story…
42- Mont Prés Chambord : What is a conservatory orchard ? Gilles Clément, the Mayor of Mont Prés Chambord, explains
43- La forêt de Boulogne : Véronique Blot of the Ethnographic Studio at the Union for Popular Culture explains what a « cul de loup » is. A wolf's bottom ?
44- Le Parc de Chambord – Observatoire des animaux : the largest enclosed forest domain in Europe
45- Saint Laurent des eaux : nuclear energy in action at the power plant
46- Nouan sur Loire – Les oiseaux : Julien Guillemard, nature guide at the « maison de la Loire » of the Loir et Cher describes this paradise for birds on the banks of the Loire !
47- Nouan sur Loire – le moulin Cavier : Pierre Poirier, Director of the Tourist Office in Saint Laurent Nouan, explains the presence of this type of windmill