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 Chenonceau Castle | |
| Indre-et-Loire department | |
| Capital | Tours |
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| Residents | 607.760 (2018) |
| surface | 6,127 km² |
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Indre-et-Loire is a department in the French region Center-Val de Loire and part of the historical region Touraine (Ordinal number 37). It is traversed by the Loire and their left tributaries Indre and Cher.
Indre-et-Loire is owned by the départements Sarthe in the North, Loir-et-Cher in the Northeast, Indre in the south East, Vienne in the southwest and Maine-et-Loire surrounded to the west.
Regions
There are generally several tourist areas:
- Tours and its surroundings
- Loire Valley, from Tours to Amboise
- Cher Valley, from Tours to Chenonceau Castle
- Du val d'Indrois to the Indre valley
- Southern Touraine
- Plateau de Sainte-Maure
- Pays de Richelieu
- Quinone and its surroundings
- Pays de Bourgueil
- Entre Indre et Loire
- Langeais and its surroundings
- Pays de Racan
- Gâtine tourangelle
places
- 1 Tours
- Prefecture (administrative seat) of the department. City of St. Martin, famous basilica - 2 Amboise - well worth seeing the former residential palace Amboise as well Château du Clos Lucé
- 3 Azay-le-Rideau
- One of the most famous Loire castles is located in the small town
Tours
Amboise
Azay-le-Rideau
- 4 Bourgueil - Viticulture and Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park
- 5 Candes-Saint-Martin - small community at the mouth of the river Vienne in the Loire
- 6 Quinone - sub-prefecture, Chinon Castle and nuclear power station on the Vienne
- 7 Descartes - named after the most famous son of the former village La Haye en Touraine
Bourgueil
Candes-Saint-Martin
Quinone
Descartes
- 8 Langeais - Viticulture, castle
- 9 Loches - Sub-prefecture, worth seeing the Donjon (residential tower)
- 10 Richelieu - the place was founded by the cardinal. Castle Park.
- 11 Villandry - Located at the mouth of the Cher in the Loire, worth seeing: castle and castle garden
Langeais
Loches
Richelieu
Villandry
Other goals
background
The central region is known for the castles of the Loire Valley, which are mainly located in the Loire Valley. They are said to have been renovated and changed in the Renaissance, when the court of the French kings was located in the region.
language
The French spoken in this region is Classical French, which can be learned in any course, despite some specific words for the region but very little used. It is also considered the purest French in terms of accent, which makes it a preferred destination for foreigners wanting to learn this language.
getting there
By plane
The Tours Airport
(IATA: TUF) is mainly served by Ryanair, but not from German-speaking countries. The nearest major airports are in Paris, am Charles de Gaulle airport TGVs run directly to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
By train
- TGV Atlantique from Paris-Montparnasse train station via Orleans to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps near Tours and on to Poitiers and Bordeaux. 1 Saint-Pierre-des-Corps TGV train station
- There are TER (Regional Express) connections from Le Mans to Tours (a good 1 hour); from Orléans and Blois via Amboise to Tours; as well as from Nevers and Bourges via Chenonceaux and Bléré / La-Croix to Tours.
By car
Due to the central location in the region Center-Val de Loire southwest of Paris, the department is easy to get to. The 
comes from Orleans and goes past Tours continue after Bordeaux. Also the 
crosses the region, it comes from Vierzon and continues after Angers. The 
comes from Rouen above Le Mans to Tours.
By bicycle
- Loire cycle path (Part of EuroVelo 6 Atlantic – Black Sea)
- French cycle route V41 from the Paris area to Tours
mobility
The Loire cycle path is an extremely attractive cycle route, it leads from Orléans and Blois among others. through Amboise, Tours, Villandry and Langeais, on towards Saumur and Angers.
Tourist Attractions
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The Loire and its tributaries form between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire a cultural landscape with numerous historical villages and cities as well as extraordinarily beautiful and world-famous ones Castles of the Loire. This valley has been part of the since 2000 
UNESCO world cultural heritage.
- 1 Chenonceau Castle, one of the most famous castles in the Loire
- Amboise Castle. Another highlight on the Loire.
- Loches Castle, on the Indre.
- Villandry Castle
- Azay-le-Rideau castle, on the Indre.
- Langeais Castle
- Ussé Castle, 12 km north of Chinon, 14 km southeast of Langeais.
- Chinon Castle
- Montrésor Castle
- Montpoupon Castle
- Clos Lucé Castle. Parc Leonardo da Vinci in Amboise, the Italian artist spent the last three years of his life here.
- Plessis-lès Castle Tour
- Le Rivau Castle
- Les Réaux castle
- Valmer Castle near Chançay, 12 km northwest of Amboise, 20 km northeast of Tours.
- Pagoda de Chanteloup, in the south of Amboise. Erected in 1775 as a viewing point for hunting, example of the Chinoiserie, d. H. late baroque imitation of Asian architecture.
activities
- Paddling on the Loire and its tributaries
kitchen
- Rillettes de Tours are a gastronomic specialty of the city of Tours. It is a pork spread that has been slowly cooked in a saucepan with pork fat (cooking time between 5 and 12 hours). Rillettes are sold in sausage shops all over France, where they are affectionately known as "pork jam" by the locals. They are usually presented in a saucepan or jar, where they can be covered with a layer of fat to preserve the product. The meat is flavored with white wine (Vouvray) during the cooking process. The result is a golden yellow to brown paste with a rough, coarse texture and a taste of browned meat, like the essence of roast pork. It is served on toasted bread with gherkins and combined with a glass of cold white wine.
Rillettes unpacked
Rillettes for sale
nightlife
security
climate
trips
literature
Web links
- https://www.touraine.fr/ (fr) - Official website of Indre-et-Loire
- District council of the department, official page
