Loire Valley Chateaux

Chateau d'Amboise	Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau	Chateau de Blois	Chateau de Chambord
Chateaudun du Dunois	Chateau de Chenonceau	Chateau de Cheverny	Chateau de Chinon
Chateau d'Ussé	Chateau Chaumont	Chateau Villandry	Chateau Angers

The Loire Valley and its famous cultural monuments, have perfectly preserved a time when western European architecture set a new standard in luxury, beauty and scale. The Loire Valley is an outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns, villages, wineries, monuments and most importantly chateaux.

In the year 2000 UNESCO made the central part of the Loire valley a World Heritage Site. This honour was bestowed in honour of what is arguably the world's greatest collection of Castles which litter the Loire Valley.

The most popular castles in the Loire Valley in order of visitors is as follows:

Chenonceau - 900 000 visitors per year
Chambord - 700 000
Ambroise - 380 000
Azay-le-Rideau - 375 000
Blois - 370 000
Villandry - 310 000
Langeais - 140 000
Chaumont-sur-Loire - 125 000
Ussé - 120 000
Chinon - 115 000