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TOURAINEVACANCES |
Your journey down through France……...
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TOURAINEVACANCES |
Stay in one of our
lovely character cottages in the heart of the Loire Valley in France good wine, good food, river and
historic chateaux
(castles)
weekly or part week rentals welcome - happy to fit in with your dates
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You cross the Channel by early morning Shuttle or Ferry from Kent to Calais joining the A26 south to Paris mid-morning French time (they are one hour ahead of English time). Driving through the bright late autumn sunshine, the traffic is not too busy; by lunch time you are two hours down the motorway and a welcome break in the motorway restaurant gives you the first taste of French food.
Le Boeuf Jardiniere at Asseviliers is an excellent choice, the menu gives you a wide choice of meats, fish dishes and salads for hors d’oeuvres from their buffet table, followed by a grilled steak or lamb, or a fish dish with vegetables of fries. Back on the road to Paris and an hour later you are turning off the A1 for the A3 and peripherique interieure round to Port d’Italie and the A6B/A10 following the signs to Bordeaux.
Soon you are well on the road out of Paris and can expect to be well on your way to Orleans by mid afternoon, where a short stop to visit the magnificent gothic cathedral is well worth doing. Two hours after lunch you will be approaching Blois where you can turn off the motorway and will have your first glimpse of the wide and lazy river Loire. Blois is a good place to stop for tea, with its pretty streets and fascinating Chateau overlooking the river.
Bourré and St. Georges sur Cher are less than an hour from Blois, so stop in Montrichard to buy your supper from the butcher delicatessen in the centre of town where you will find a wide range of patés and other home made specialities as well as an excellent range of meats including such delicacies as quail, pigeon and wild duck. Go to the baker in the square for your baguettes, and don’t forget to buy a bottle of local Touraine Gamay or Touraine Sauvignon and some cheese, then on your way to St. Georges sur Cher just 4 miles from Montrichard, or Cigogne just a few miles further on, where you can settle down and relax in front of a roaring log fire with a glass of wine.