The five rooms in this elegantly decorated 18th century château offer a great place to stay in the heart of the Loire and not far from Orléans. It has a heated outdoor pool in the grounds and offers bed and breakfast service. Recommended by the Michelin Guide in 2011.
Champvallins Chateau, Sandillon
Elegant 18th century château bed and breakfast
The rooms are spacious with en suites bathrooms. Four of the rooms have views over the gardens.
Breakfast is served in the atmospheric dining room, and includes fresh produce from the castle. In summer, breakfast can be taken on the terrace.
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Loire Adventure Canoe & Kayak, Amboise
Canoe and kayaking tours from Amboise.
Canoeing and kayaking tours on the Loire river are offered by this company based in Loire. An excellent way to enjoy this beautiful countryside, you can take overnight tours, camping at night, or do the more active sport kayaking in fast rapids.
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Blue Green Avrillé Golf Course, Avrille
Par 71 course in the grounds of the Château Perrièrre.
In the grounds of the 17th century Château Perrièrre, the golf club is within ancient trees, water features and different plant varieties that create this undulating course offering a diverse round.
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Nantes Carquefou Golf Course, Nantes
Martin Hawtree signature 18-hole course.
Built in the grounds of the Château de l'Epinay, this 18-hole golf course extends over 67 hectares. The 5,790-metre course has slightly wavy greens and small rivers, ponds and streams. A reasonably easy course with the Martin Hawtree signature.
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Saumur Golf Course, Saumur
Attractive 9-hole course.
This relatively new course, set in beautiful Saumur, is a pleasant 9-hole round if you're searching for a change from historical monuments and châteaux.
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Bateaux Nantais
Dine on a river cruise along the Loire or the Erdre.
Bateaux Nantais offers cruises along the river Erdre or the river Loire on their modern and sleek boats. Particularly popular are their lunch or dinner cruises and their themed evenings.
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Chateau de Cheverny Golf Course, Cheverny
Enjoy a game of golf in the royal hunting grounds.
The golf course of the Château Cheverny has been constructed in the 142 hectares of the historic hunting grounds of the château.
Restaurants nearby
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Cak'T Restaurant, Bourges 
Cak'T Restaurant, Bourges
Charming lunch spot.
Charming little coffee shop and lunch spot offering good food on its terrace or tucked away in the cellar. Look out for the decadent dessert selection.
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Le Petit Comptoir Restaurant, Angers
Classic French bistro.
This small restaurant in Angers serves traditional French cuisine made with locally-sourced fresh market ingredients explained on the classic chalkboard menu.
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L'Atlantide Restaurant, Nantes 
L'Atlantide Restaurant, Nantes
Fabulous Asian-influenced food, views and wine.
An Asian-influenced menu in a great setting with beautiful views over the Loire. The fabulous setting was designed by Jean-Pierre Wilmotte. The fabulous menu was created by Jean-Yves Gueho. It has a fabulous wine cellar too. Definitely worth a visit.
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BarJu Restaurant, Tours
BarJu Restaurant, Tours
Fantastic contemporary French cuisine with great fish and seafood.
This restaurant brands itself as 'almost traditional' and offers contemporary twists on classic French cuisine.
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Au Rendez-Vous des Pecheurs Restaurant, Blois
Sample the fish at Christophe Cosme's Michelin-starred restaurant.
This restaurant, translated as The Fisherman's Place, offers an excellent selection of predominantly fish dishes served with locally grown vegetables. Christophe Cosme has earned a Michelin star for his dishes in this small spot in Blois.
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Atelier Manzo Restaurant, Orleans 
Atelier Manzo Restaurant, Orleans
French restaurant in the heart of Orleans
This excellent restaurant in Orléans serves traditional French fare using quality local produce.
Sights nearby
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Musee des Beaux-Arts
Musee des Beaux-Arts
The second finest art collection in France.
This museum houses an exuberant collection of fine arts and is possibly one of the best collections in France. It traces art from the 15th to the 20th century in its permanent collection, with works from Italian, Dutch, Flemish and French artists. It also has many temporary exhibitions which are worth visiting. It is one of the oldest museums in France.
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Cathedrale Sainte-Croix
Cathedrale Sainte-Croix
Impressive Gothic cathedral where Joan of Arc attended mass.
The impressive Gothic cathedral in the centre of Orléans was built in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. It dominates the skyline of the city when viewed from afar. Jean of Arc famously attended mass in the cathedral in 1429 when the city was under siege from the English during the Hundred Years' War. A stained glass window in the cathedral depicts her story. There is a great view of the city from the top of the bell towers.
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Maison de Jeanne d'Arc
Learn about the life of Jean of Arc.
Understandably for a city whose history was changed by one 17 year old Jean of Arc, known locally as the "Maid of Orléans", there is a museum dedicated to the short time she spent in Orléans as well as to her wider life. Apparently Jean of Arc in fact stayed in a building located on the site of the museum.
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Centre de Jeanne d'Arc
Study Jean of Arc.
The adjacent Joan of Arc Centre, founded in 1974, includes some impressive collections on Jean of Arc: books, pamphlets, engravings, films, documentaries and more. This is the place to pop in, or spend a day, if you want to really study the life and times of Jean of Arc.
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Parc Floral de la Source
Take time out in the beautiful Floral Park.
The Floral Park on the outskirts of Orléans came to being in 1963 thanks to architect Louis Arretche, as part of the creation of the district of La Source. Within its 35 hectares of grounds, on the edge of the Loire river, it's a perfect spot for garden lovers, walkers or if you just want to escape the city.
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Hotel Cabu and Musee Historique et Archeologique de l'Orleans
Hotel Cabu and Musee Historique et Archeologique de l'Orleans
Orléans history charted in this 16th century hotel.
The Hôtel Cabu was built in 1548 by the architect Jacques Androuet for Phillipe Cabu, an Orléans attorney. It is said that the mistress of Henry II, Diane de Poitiers, stayed here a year later. The Orléans Museum of History and Archaeology is now housed in this Renaissance brick hotel, charting the history of Orléans from the Roman period though to modern times. It's definitely worth a trip to this elegant building.
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