When I was small, the Loire Valley symbolized good times. It stood for fun. I am thinking back to the 1930s, before the war. We lived in Paris, but my family had a country house in the Vendée ...

Criterion (ii): The Loire Valley is an outstanding cultural landscape along a major river which bears witness to an interchange ... Orléans, Saumur, and Tours, but in particular in its world-famous ...

The Loire Valley in France is like stepping into a fairytale, where rolling vineyards, medieval villages, and majestic castles feel plucked straight out of a storybook. Among the dozens of châteaus ...