Loire Valley Rentals

Famed châteaux of the Loire valley are within easy reach for day trips, several placed in towns and cities that are well worth a wander around afterwards too. If you're off to the château at Amboise (you should, for tis fab), make your castle sightseeing day a Friday or Sunday so you can also visit the busy and popular Amboise market. Then perhaps plan to come back another day to see the Maison du Clos Lucé, where Leonardo da Vinci spent the last three years of his life, before a potter along the pretty banks of the Loire just outside town, or a look at the royal gardens of the Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard. For a family days, ZooParc Beauval is just under 50 minutes' drive to the south.