__Amboise - Hotel Clos d'Amboise - the garden

__Amboise - Walls and Chappelle St Hubert

__Amboise - Chappelle St Hubert

__Amboise - View from western towers - patisserie

__Amboise - Le Château

__Amboise - Salle du Conseil (seat of the King of France in the 15C)

__Amboise - View Eastward from the Tour des Minimes

__Amboise - The castle's gardens - Claudio

__Amboise - View North from the Tour Hertault

__Amboise - Night view of the Castle from the bridge

__Chaumont - South wing

__Chaumont - Entrance through moat bridge

__Chaumont - Entrance and moat bridge - Claudio

__Chaumont - Moat bridge - Betty

__Chaumont - courtyard - Betty and view of the Loire

__Chenonceaux - The donjon(keep) and the château from the East gardens

__Chenonceaux - The château from the East

__Chenonceaux - The donjon (keep) from the façade

__Chenonceaux - The West gardens

__Chambord - General view with Betty

__Chambord - Couronnement du grand double escalier (zoom 432 mm)

__Chambord - Couronnement de l'escalier de Francois I

__Chambord - Grand double escalier-2e étage

__Chambord - Terrasse - Betty and the front garden

__Chambord - Terrasse - detail

__Chambord - Terrasse - South gardens (composite of 4 photos)

__Chambord - Lateral view from the church hill

__Vendôme - Église de la Trinité - arcs boutants

__Vendôme - Église de la Trinité - the nave

__Vendôme - Église de la Trinité - vitraux "Repas chez Simon" (sXIV)

__Tours - Cathédrale St. Gatien - façade (sXV)

__Tours - Cathédrale St. Gatien - the nave

__Tours - Cathédrale St. Gatien - Rose Nord - vitraux

__Tours - Cathédrale St. Gatien - abside - vitraux sXIII

__Tours - Cathédrale St. Gatien - abside - vitraux sXIII - detail

__Tours - Cathédrale St. Gatien - abside - Rose Sud: orgue 1773-1996

__Tours - Place Plumereau - timber-framed houses - sXV

__Tours - Place Plumereau - timber-framed houses - Betty

__Tours - Place Plumereau - house with wooden carvings

__Tours - Claudio and Betty tasting haute cuisine at the restaurant Le Grand Marché

__Tours - Timbered house - Betty

__Azay-le-Rideau - Gardens and château - Betty and Claudio

__Azay-le-Rideau - Château - Betty

__Chinon - general view from the South bank of the river Vienne

__Chinon - panorama from the Tour de l'Horloge - (composite of 4 photos)

__Chinon - view from the Tour de l'Horloge - 1

__Chinon - view from the Tour de l'Horloge - 2

__Chinon - Old city - Le Grand Carroi - La Maison Rouge - Betty

__Blois - view of St Nicolas and Château from across the river Loire

__Blois - Château - aile Louis XII - 1503

__Blois - Château - aile François I - 1524

__Blois - Château - aile François I - escalier

__Blois - Château - aile François I - Salle des capitaines - cheminée

__Blois - Château - aile François I - Salle des capitaines - autre cheminée

__Blois - patisserie

__Cheverny - Hergé, Tin-tin et Moulinsart inspiré à Cheverny

__Cheverny - Gardens and château - Betty

__Cheverny - Gardens and château

__Cheverny - Appartements Privés, Petit Salon - Horloge, Claudio

__Cheverny - Château - Salle d'Armes - armour

__Cheverny - Château - Chambre du Roi

__Cheverny - Château - Grand Salon - Portrait de la Comtesse de Cheverny par Mignard

__Cheverny - Château - Salon des Tapisseries - Horloge régulateur Sageot (Louis XV)

__Cheverny - Gardens in Autumn

__Fougères-sur-Bièvre - Château - courtyard (composite of two photos)

__Fougères-sur-Bièvre - Château - courtyard - detail

__Fougères-sur-Bièvre - Château - courtyard - other view

__Fougères-sur-Bièvre - Château - Claudio

__Fougères-sur-Bièvre - Château from the garden

__Loches - Église St Ours - towers with octogonal pyramids (12C)

__Loches - Logis Royal - cour (composite of three photos)

__Loches - Logis Royal - Betty

__Loches - Logis Royal - oleanders

__Loches - Logis Royal - Tapisserie "Musica"

__Loches - Donjon - replica of a cage where Louis XI displayed high-ranking prisoners

__Loches - Old city - Hôtel de Ville et Porte Picois

__Loches - view of the Château from the public garden

__Tours - taking off from the Tours/Val de Loire airport, view over the Loire