Europe - 2016

Day 10: Dinard to Tours Sat Jul 16, 2016

We travelled south from Dinard through rolling vineyards, past grand country chateaux and into the heart of the spectacular Loire Valley. We visited two chateaux today, the Château d’Azay-le-Rideau standing on an island in the Indre River. We then took in the impressive gardens of Villandry before arriving in Tours for the evening.


Street in D'Azay	Restaurant in D'Azay	Our lunch at I Fratelli	Window boxes	Entrance to Chateau D'Azay	Chateau caretakers cottage	Chateau D'Azay

Chateau D'Azay gardens	Indre River	D'Azay dragon	Decorative ceiling	View of the entrance	Vaulted ceiling	Salamander dragon

Tapestry	Tapestry	Chateau room	Chateau room	Chateau room	Chateau room	Coat of arms

Window view	Chateau D'Azay	Tub of flowers	Flower bed	Old buildings	Villandry	Villandry courtyard

Renaissance facade	Villandry gardens	Villandry gardens	Debbie at Villandry	Mal at Villandry	Villandry love garden	Lavender

Village of Villandry	Debbie at Villandry	Villandry and village	Village of Villandry	Villandry panorama	Villandry old fence