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Nature - Historical buildings - Châteaux - Castles - Ecclesiastical buildings - Gardens - Folklore - History - Prehistory - Traditions - Other
Goat's cheese - Wine - Poultry
Holidaymakers' tales - Touring - Personal web sites - Official web sites
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Parc naturel régional de Brenne
http://www.parc-naturel-brenne.fr/english/conte...
French version
http://www.parc-naturel-brenne.fr/
Mini English site about the 1000 lakes Brenne area. The French version is a well constructed official site with good photos (a bit small), useful information and downloadable guides.
Touraine wild flowers
http://www.pluct.net/flore_tourangelle.htm
Portraits of more than a hundred species of wild flowers in Touraine (well compressed thumbnails and medium-sized images). A small part of a very large site showing the plant life, the landscape, life and puddles in the countryside around Chinon. (French Web site)
France Balade, Amboise
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/amboise.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Amboise. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Luynes and Cinq Mars
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/luynes.htm
A page about Luynes and Cinq Mars with a few photos of Gallo-Roman and medieval vestiges. (French Web site)
France Balade, Richelieu
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/richelieu...
Large page with historical and architectural details about the remarkable town. Lots of photos. (French Web site)
Jack's travel guide: Chinon
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/Chinon_co...
Three nicely illustrated pages about the history of the château and the town
France Balade, Montrichard
http://www.francebalade.com/valcher/montrichard...
Large page with historical and architectural details about Montrichard and nearby villages. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
Jack's travel guide: Loches
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/LochesCon...
Two interesting pages about the town and the Logis Royal.
Jack's travel guide: Azay le Rideau
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/azay_Cont...
Two nice pages about the town and the château and its history.
France Balade, Sainte Maure
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/stemaure.htm
A page about the town and nearby villages, with historical and architectural details and several photos. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, portrait of Azay le Rideau
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Little page about the castle. (French Web site)
Touring on a tandem, Chenonceau
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page1.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
France Balade, Villandry
http://www.francebalade.com/valcher/villandry.htm
Large page about the château and the village. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Langeais
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/langeais.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Langeais and the château. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Ussé
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/usse.htm
A nice page about the château and the surrounding area. Several photos. (French Web site)
Touring on a tandem, Villandry
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page8.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
Château de Riveau
http://www.chateaudurivau.com/english/index.html
Site with a quick guide to the château and gardens, history, exhibitions etc. Beware - do not click on “home”!
Touring on a tandem, Ussé
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page9.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
ABC of castles on Internet
http://cecf.chez.tiscali.fr/abc/dep/dep_37.htm
Short reviews of hundreds of sites about châteaux all over France. (French Web site)
Jack's travel guide: Loches
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/LochesCon...
Two interesting pages about the town and the Logis Royal.
Jack's travel guide: Azay le Rideau
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/azay_Cont...
Two nice pages about the town and the château and its history.
Unexpected Touraine
http://www.formatage.org/branches/realisations/...
Touraine as seen by a senior citizens club in Belgium.
Thirty or so pages describing a variety of facets of the cultural heritage of Touraine, with some smallish pictures. (French Web site)
France Balade, Chenonceau
http://www.francebalade.com/valcher/chenonceau.htm
Large page with the history of Chenonceau and descriptions of the buildings. Several photos. (French Web site)
Château de Chenonceau
http://www.chateau-de-chenonceau.fr/media/gb/in...
A brief guide to the château, gardens and wax museum
Jack's travel guide: Langeais
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/Langeais.htm
Nice page about the château and its history.
France Balade, Azay le Rideau
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/azayrideau...
Large page about the château and the village. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
Jack's travel guide: Villandry
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/villandry...
An anecdotal page about the château.
Jack's travel guide: Amboise
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/Amboise_C...
A small page with the rather macabre history of Amboise.
Jack's travel guide: Chenonceau
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/chenoncea...
Two interesting pages about the château and its history.
Jack's travel guide: Ussé
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/UsseChate...
A page about the château and the architecture. Refreshing.
Touring on a tandem, Chinon
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page7.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
France Balade, Chinon
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/chinon.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Chinon and its castle. Lots of photos. (French Web site)
France Balade, Loches
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/loches.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Loches. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
Jack's travel guide: Chinon
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/Chinon_co...
Three nicely illustrated pages about the history of the château and the town
ABC of castles on Internet
http://cecf.chez.tiscali.fr/abc/dep/dep_37.htm
Short reviews of hundreds of sites about châteaux all over France. (French Web site)
Arlette Novak
http://arynok.free.fr/index.htm
Arlette Novak's personal pages, with water colours of local castles and a page about the Montbazon keep. A little bit of English. (French Web site)
Casteland, Loches castle
http://www.casteland.com/pfr/chateau/centre/ind...
Several pages of the history, description and photos of the castle. (French Web site)
Several pages about this church with plenty of detail and easy to read. The photos are a bit vertiginous. (French Web site)
Ecclesiastical architecture, St Ours in Loches
http://architecture.reli2.free.fr/loches.htm
Good pages about this church with plenty of detail and easy to read. (French Web site)
France Balade, Fontevraud Abbey
http://www.francebalade.com/anjou/fontevraud.htm
Large page about a great abbey, its history and architecture, several photos. (French Web site)
France Balade, Candes St Martin and Montsoreau
http://www.francebalade.com/anjou/candmontso.htm
A nice page about two villages on the Anjou frontier. (French Web site)
Pierre-Luc's Garden - February 2002
http://www.pluct.net/printemps.htm
Pierre-Luc's Garden - March 2002
http://www.pluct.net/printemps_4.htm
Pierre-Luc's Garden - June 2002
http://www.pluct.net/printemps_7.htm
Pierre-Luc's Garden - December 2002
http://www.pluct.net/jardin_decembre.htm
Take your time. Hundreds of pictures (well compressed thumbnails and medium-sized images) and thousands of words on a dozen pages showing the changing seasons in a garden in our mild climate. A small part of a very large site showing the plant life, the landscape, life and puddles in the countryside around Chinon. (French Web site)
Land Art at the Collège Louis Leger
http://www.fr37.net/ll/jardin_2003/
The Land Art project for first year college (11 year old) pupils, with a gallery of their creations. (French Web site)
Chaumont Gardens 2003
http://www.alephimage.com/chaumont/galland2003/...
Chaumont 2003: nearly forty classy photos (thumbnails and high quality medium-sized images) and some info. (French Web site)
Chaumont Gardens 2001
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apf.lagrillonnais/jeune...
A photo album of Chaumont vintage 2001. (French Web site)
Chaumont Gardens 2002
http://www.exporevue.com/magazine/fr/chaumont_e...
Chaumont 2002: erotic man. A few big photos and a lot of explanation. (French Web site)
Touraine folk tales
http://archivepressendlr.free.fr/legendes.htm
A dozen Touraine stories and beliefs. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, portrait of Amboise
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
An interesting and concise history with photos of historical buildings, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Chinon
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/chinon.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Chinon and its castle. Lots of photos. (French Web site)
France Balade, Amboise
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/amboise.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Amboise. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Luynes and Cinq Mars
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/luynes.htm
A page about Luynes and Cinq Mars with a few photos of Gallo-Roman and medieval vestiges. (French Web site)
France Balade, Langeais
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/langeais.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Langeais and the château. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Loches
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/loches.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Loches. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Château Renault
http://www.francebalade.com/touraine/chatrenau.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Château Renault. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Richelieu
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/richelieu...
Large page with historical and architectural details about the remarkable town. Lots of photos. (French Web site)
Jack's travel guide: Chinon
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/Chinon_co...
Three nicely illustrated pages about the history of the château and the town
France Balade, Montrichard
http://www.francebalade.com/valcher/montrichard...
Large page with historical and architectural details about Montrichard and nearby villages. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Sainte Maure
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/stemaure.htm
A page about the town and nearby villages, with historical and architectural details and several photos. (French Web site)
Unexpected Touraine
http://www.formatage.org/branches/realisations/...
Touraine as seen by a senior citizens club in Belgium.
Thirty or so pages describing a variety of facets of the cultural heritage of Touraine, with some smallish pictures. (French Web site)
Jack's travel guide: Langeais
http://www.jack-travel.com/Loire/html/Langeais.htm
Nice page about the château and its history.
France Balade, La Loire
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/index.html
1000 km of river in one large page, history and heritage. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
Ligueil official site
http://ligueil.free.fr/Uk/index2.htm
Official site with historical, tourist, community and other information.
Living heritage in the Claise basin in Touraine
http://perso.club-internet.fr/prehisto/homefr.htm
General site covering archaeological sites and nature in the Claise basin. Information about the activities of the association “Patrimoine Vivant en Claise Tourangelle” and archaeological and discovery courses. (French Web site)
Les Maîtreaux, Bossay-sur-Claise, Solutrean workshop
http://lesmaitreaux.serveurweb.org/
Site with photos and technical but reasonably easy-to-understand text about a Palaeolithic flint workshop. (French Web site)
La Picardie, Preuilly-sur-Claise, Gravettian workshop
http://lapicardie.serveurweb.org/
Site with photos and technical but reasonably easy-to-understand text about a Palaeolithic flint workshop. (French Web site)
Along the river Vienne
http://www.pluct.net/vienne1.htm
Loire boats
http://www.pluct.net/vienne11.htm
A glimpse of the rivers and their traditional river boats. A small part of a very large site showing the plant life, the landscape, life and puddles in the countryside around Chinon. (French Web site)
Unexpected Touraine
http://www.formatage.org/branches/realisations/...
Touraine as seen by a senior citizens club in Belgium.
Thirty or so pages describing a variety of facets of the cultural heritage of Touraine, with some smallish pictures. (French Web site)
One page: Leonardo da Vinci's manor, a pagoda, and anecdotes.
Valençay Saint-Pierre goat's cheese ID card
http://www.inao.gouv.fr/public/produits/detailP...
INAO official denomination (French Web site)
Pouligny Saint-Pierre goat's cheese ID card
http://www.inao.gouv.fr/public/produits/detailP...
INAO official denomination (French Web site)
Sainte Maure goat's cheese ID card
http://www.inao.gouv.fr/public/produits/detailP...
INAO official denomination (French Web site)
Selles sur Cher goat's cheese ID card
http://www.inao.gouv.fr/public/produits/detailP...
INAO official denomination (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE Sainte-Maure goat's cheese
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
A nice mature goat's cheese page (French Web site)
Basic information about the local goat's cheese. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Vouvray, the town and the wine
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Little page about Vouvray, description and history. (French Web site)
Vin du Chinon
http://www.chinon.com/wine/index.html
History, the vineyards, the terroirs and even some songs
AF OUAIBE, La Géline
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Mini page about this old breed of broiler chicken. (French Web site)
La Géline, a "poule de luxe"
http://ja.web-agri.fr/moteur/568/568p45.asp
Basic information well presented. (French Web site)
Descartes municipal music school
http://www.emmd.fr.st
A presentation of the music school. (French Web site)
"Touraine" by Renée Jeanne Mignard
http://rj-mignard.net/touraine.htm
One of a collection of poems by a Tourangelle, come back to stay. (French Web site)
"The Indre" by Renée Jeanne Mignard
http://rj-mignard.net/indre.htm
One of a collection of poems by a Tourangelle, come back to stay. (French Web site)
"Monbazon" by Renée Jeanne Mignard
http://rj-mignard.net/montbazon.htm
One of a collection of poems by a Tourangelle, come back to stay. (French Web site)
Touring on a tandem, Chinon
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page7.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
Touring on a tandem, Chenonceau
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page1.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
Touring on a tandem, Montbazon
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page5.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
Touring on a tandem, Amboise
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page2.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
Touring on a tandem, Loches
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page3.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
Touring on a tandem, Villandry
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page8.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
Touring on a tandem, Azay le Rideau
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page6.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
Touring on a tandem, Vouvray
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page4.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
Touring on a tandem, Ussé
http://www.tandemtour.com/loire/page9.shtml
The diary of a trip on a tandem with interesting text and photos.
France Balade, Chinon
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/chinon.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Chinon and its castle. Lots of photos. (French Web site)
France Balade, Claise Valley
http://www.francebalade.com/touraine/valclaise.htm
Large page about the region between the Brenne and South Touraine, photos and descriptions of historical buildings and villages. (French Web site)
France Balade, Villandry
http://www.francebalade.com/valcher/villandry.htm
Large page about the château and the village. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Amboise
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/amboise.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Amboise. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, the Creuse valley
http://www.francebalade.com/valcreuse/index.html
Nice large page about going up the Creuse from Descartes to Argenton. (French Web site)
France Balade, Luynes and Cinq Mars
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/luynes.htm
A page about Luynes and Cinq Mars with a few photos of Gallo-Roman and medieval vestiges. (French Web site)
France Balade, Langeais
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/langeais.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Langeais and the château. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Ussé
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/usse.htm
A nice page about the château and the surrounding area. Several photos. (French Web site)
France Balade, the Vienne Valley
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/index.html
Large page about the Vienne valley, photos and descriptions of historical buildings and villages. (French Web site)
France Balade, Loches
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/loches.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Loches. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, the Cher
http://www.francebalade.com/valcher/index.html
Large page about the Cher valley, photos and descriptions of historical buildings and villages. (French Web site)
France Balade, the Loir Valley
http://www.francebalade.com/maine/valduloir.htm
Large page about the river Loir crossing the north of Touraine with many nice photos and descriptions of historical buildings and towns. (French Web site)
France Balade, Château Renault
http://www.francebalade.com/touraine/chatrenau.htm
Large page with historical and architectural details about Château Renault. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Richelieu
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/richelieu...
Large page with historical and architectural details about the remarkable town. Lots of photos. (French Web site)
France Balade, the Indre - the Vallée du Lys
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/vallelys.htm
Large page about the "Lily Valley" along the Indre, photos and descriptions of historical buildings and villages. (French Web site)
France Balade, Montrichard
http://www.francebalade.com/valcher/montrichard...
Large page with historical and architectural details about Montrichard and nearby villages. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Touraine
http://www.francebalade.com/touraine/index.html
A page stuffed with information, photos and links to other France Balade pages. (French Web site)
France Balade, the Loire, Orléans to Tours
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/loire2.htm
Large page mostly about the châteaux, with photos and descriptions. (French Web site)
France Balade, Sainte Maure
http://www.francebalade.com/valvienne/stemaure.htm
A page about the town and nearby villages, with historical and architectural details and several photos. (French Web site)
France Balade, the Loire, Tours to Saumur
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/indx2.htm
Large page about the châteaux and the river, with photos and descriptions. (French Web site)
France Balade, Azay le Rideau
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/azayrideau...
Large page about the château and the village. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, La Loire
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/index.html
1000 km of river in one large page, history and heritage. Lots of photos, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
France Balade, Candes St Martin and Montsoreau
http://www.francebalade.com/anjou/candmontso.htm
A nice page about two villages on the Anjou frontier. (French Web site)
France Balade, the Indre from Loches to Montbazon
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/valind2.htm
Large page about the Indre valley, photos and descriptions of historical buildings and villages. (French Web site)
France Balade, Loches region
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/lochois.htm
Large page about the south and south west corner of Touraine, photos and descriptions of historical buildings and villages. (French Web site)
France Balade, Indre valley from Berry to Chinon
http://www.francebalade.com/valindre/
Large page. A quick sketch of the Indre valley, photos and descriptions of historical buildings and villages. (French Web site)
France Balade, the Cher below Tours
http://www.francebalade.com/valcher/savilland.htm
A page about the Cher valley below Tours, a few photos and some descriptions of places of interest. (French Web site)
France Balade, Bourgueil
http://www.francebalade.com/loire/bourgueil.htm
A page about Bourgueil and the surrounding area with a few photos. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, portrait of Amboise
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
An interesting and concise history with photos of historical buildings, highly compressed to load quickly. (French Web site)
Along the river Vienne
http://www.pluct.net/vienne1.htm
Loire boats
http://www.pluct.net/vienne11.htm
A glimpse of the rivers and their traditional river boats. A small part of a very large site showing the plant life, the landscape, life and puddles in the countryside around Chinon. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Bourgueil
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Small page about Bourgueil, its heritage and its wine. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Céré-la-Ronde
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Mini page about the village. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Auzouer-en-Touraine
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Mini page about the village. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Reugny
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Mini page about the village. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Noizay
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Mini page about the village. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Cinais
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Mini page about the village. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Vernou
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Small page about the town and the stately home, Jallanges. (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Bléré
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Mini page about the town. (French Web site)
Preuilly-sur-Claise school site
http://etab.ac-orleans-tours.fr/clg-gdefferre-p...
Site describing the community college and the town (French Web site)
AF OUAIBE, Beaumont en Veron
http://aflaurent.com/index.php3?theme=4&sou...
Mini page about the village. (French Web site)
Parc naturel régional de Brenne
http://www.parc-naturel-brenne.fr/english/conte...
French version
http://www.parc-naturel-brenne.fr/
Mini English site about the 1000 lakes Brenne area. The French version is a well constructed official site with good photos (a bit small), useful information and downloadable guides.
La Guerche
http://pglaguerche.free.fr/index.htm
Community, tourist and business information. (French Web site)
Tourisme en Touraine
http://www.tourism-touraine.com/
Indre et Loire Comité Départemental du Tourisme site. Tourist information for the whole department (in the French version of the site). (French Web site)
Chinon tourist office
http://tourisme.chinon.com/indexgb.php
Everything the tourist needs to know.
Amboise tourist office site
http://www.amboise-valdeloire.com/index.php?id_...
Comprehensive tourist information.
France camping, Descartes
http://www.france-campings.com/descartes/index....
Small page describing the leisure facilities at Descartes. (French Web site)
Tours Tourist Office
http://www.ligeris.com/index_us.html
Compact but comprehensive tourist guide to Tours
Ligueil official site
http://ligueil.free.fr/Uk/index2.htm
Official site with historical, tourist, community and other information.
ABC of castles on Internet
http://cecf.chez.tiscali.fr/abc/dep/dep_37.htm
Short reviews of hundreds of sites about châteaux all over France. (French Web site)
Life in Montbazon by Jacky Templier
http://www.montbazon.info/
Independent site with a wide variety of information about the commune. A broadband connection is advisable. (French Web site)
Yzeure-sur-Creuse official site
http://yzeuressurcreuse.com/
Community information site. (French Web site)
Welcome to Saint-Branchs
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/saint-branchs/
Nice independent site about Saint-Branchs, with an up to date calendar of events. (French Web site)
Veigné official site
http://www.mairie-veigne.com
Community information site. (French Web site)
Ligueil official site
http://ligueil.free.fr/Uk/index2.htm
Official site with historical, tourist, community and other information.
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