Visit Loire Valley - 5 Things to Love & Hate about The Loire Valley, France

Bonjour,
A suggestion: instead of going to the major thus overcrowded tourist attractions in the Eastern Loire Valley, try the Western Loire Valley: the area from Tours towards Angers. The region between Chinon and Saumur is really magnificent, authentic and not crowded! Plenty of castles, wineries, Fontevraud abbey and the majestic Loire river and lots of biking and hiking! Enjoy!

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Wolter Wolter Wolter, I have watched several of your videos. Thank you. Please do everyone a favor and SLOW it down. Your delivery makes me anxious.

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What the french (superior breed) is advice from foreigners like you who know F3CK All

Looking for permanent home thank you so much for your insights and experience!!!! ❤🎉

The chateaux are special. Never thought there would be so many. Wish I studied the history/timeline of who build what and when before the trip.

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Thank you. It's gorgeous. Reminds me of Beauty and the Beast. The kings were players. They had many mistresses. The Chateau is gorgeous.

The two chateaux you need to visit according me are : Azay le Rideau and Chambord ( the roofs). Chenonceau of course, but no need to visit. The castle itself is a jewel to look outside. You can visit Blois , the royal chateau afterwards. Blois has a sinister reputation. So many murders were committed.

Loved the Loire valley. It was better than Paris because it was so beautiful 🙂

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The Loire Valley in on my bucket list...at 81 y/o but I'm not ready for the junk pile yet!

When I visited France I took a 4 day tour. Three of those days were spent in the Loire Valley. The tour gave me a great opportunity to see so many chateaux and castles. Amboise was one of my favourites, and I would ♥︎love to go back. 🇫🇷 👑 🏰 ⚜️

Hello, Loire is 1 syllable and is pronounced is "lwaʁ" and not "Low-Arr" or "Lo-Warr" Otherwise, very helpful video.

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I'm so jelly. it's on the bucket list

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Fat pony-tailed American douchebag in France. The horror!

Hey! I stayed in Amboise in the cave home you took video of! It was amazing. My favorite airbnb of the trip.

When did you visit Loire? We are thinking of going in March.

Great tips! I've been on the Loire four times, once from Orleans to Nantes. So many interesting cities along the way. The cathedral in Tours is fabulous. SNCF rents six-speed bicycles for cheap daily rates. The main roads along the Loire are crowded with traffic, but only one kilometer inland are country roads that run parallel to the Loire, with hardly any traffic for easy riding in the peaceful countryside.

My favorite Château is Villandry with his wonderfull gardens!
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Hi Mark, this video is super useful. Am planning a solo trip to France and definitely planning to visit Loire Valley. Are both Chambord and Chenonceau far apart? Am only planning to visit these two Chateaus and wonder if I'll still need to rent a car or a vehicle to travel between the two places.

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Your little guys are SO darn cute!

Bonjour, Mark,
Do you think that seeing Chenonceaux and Clos Lucé in a day is feasible?

Great!

If you're fed up of visiting château, come visit the Coast of Light and its islands (Yeu and Noirmoutier) in the Vendée (Loire Valley). We get the same amount of sunshine as the Côte d'Azure but less hot and we've got 140km of beach! Also come and visit le Puy du Fou, elected best theme park in the world in 2014! ☀️🐠🌻🏝🌅🎆

Hi, would like some advice. We are going to Loire(thank you as your video gave us the idea). However, when I look at the cost of winery tours and visiting a chateau on an all day tour the cost is extremely expensive. I’m talking $200-$250 per person. It does include 3 vineyards, lunch, and one chateau. I have been on tours in Italy, Spain, California and South Africa and none have been that expensive. Not even close.BTW that’s with us paying for the TGV down to Loire. Is this normal? Any suggestions? Thanks. I love your channel.

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For all you english speaking tourists; the 'hotel de ville' isn't a hotel.

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I sadly did not get here when I was in France but it's definitely on the list for when I go back. You're making me want to go even more!

Hey Mark! From your experience what is the less hospitable place for non-local-language-speaking tourists in Europe?

An American complaining that he has to drive instead of using public transport? Next thing you know you'll be telling us that you don't wear cowboy hats. ;) (Not saying another about the Australian leather outfit, though.)

I've been addicted to your channel since July. I just watch everything you upload. You guys inspire me so much to do as much traveling as I can. Thank you! Love from Laura from Poland xx (Am I correct that you've never been to Wrocław? You HAVE TO come, I'd love to see you here!)

You should go to Bulgaria. In the summer or around spring

great video maybe brittany the next time!!

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I loved visiting amboise. And WINE country 🍷 and the caves!

Mark, Sounds like you were reaching to come up with five things you hate about the Loire Valley.

Visited Paris, the Loire Valley, and Normandy a few years back in the spring time. The trip was purely magical. ❤ Amboise, Versailles, and Chenonceau are absolutely gorgeous. Highly recommend! So glad you guys made this video.

Just a little anecdote for my American friends : France has a lot of châteaux. Not all as big as Chenonceau or Chambord obviously but really a lot of big mansions. But they are expensive to maintain and many of them are sold when the landlord dies and the children don't want to take care of them. So throughout the twentieth century, some powerful national public companies like the railway company (SNCF) or the electric distribution company (EDF) for example bought dozens of them and turned them into summer camps for their numerous employees' children. As a train driver's child, I spent 3 weeks every summer from 6 to 16 years old all across Frence and often in these castles in themed camps (particular sports such as equitation or via ferrata, discovery of nature, sea or mountain...). They were incredible experiences, even though I don't appreciate life in community. They are called "colonies" here and are very common for children of the big national companies. You can image search for "malicorne sncf" or "chateau du vernay sncf" to get an idea of what I'm talking about. Here, that was just my two cents for your general knowledge.

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Your channel by far is the best travel channel I have found.....keep it coming....

Give the kids wine mixed with water. :-o

The R in Loire is not silent, fyi.