The Château at BLOIS, the handsome former seat of the dukes of Orléans, is one of the most stately and historic of them all. Its great facade rises above the modern town like a great Italianate cliff, with the dramatic esplanade and courtyard behind and the rooms within steeped in, sometimes bloody, history. If you like to stay in a Blois hotelThis website has a lot.the town itself is unexceptional but makes a good base for getting out into the countryside, with several stretches of woodland within striking distance including the Forêt de Blois to the west of the town on the north bank of the Loire, and the Parc de Chambord and Forêt de Boulogne, further upstream. To the south and east, the forested, watery, game-rich area known as the Sologne lies between the Loire and Cher, stretching beyond Orléans almost as far as Gien. And if you haven't yet tired of châteaux, some of the grandest of all, as well as some of the most intimate, are within cycling distance.
Pages in section ‘Blois’: Arrival, Restaurants, Château, Surroundings, Around Blois.
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