Indre-et-Loire is a montage of soaring turrets and spiked keeps, coned castles and fairy-tale citadels that look like something plucked straight from Game of Thrones. The sheer wealth of chateaus in the region has been noticed by UNESCO – they declared much of the area a World Heritage Site in 2000. Jewels in the crown include the grand city of Tours, its streets fringed with half-timbered medieval homes that spread around the leafy Jardin Botanique de Tours arboretum. There's also the unmissable Chateau de Chambord, a masterpiece of the French Renaissance that's sure to get the camera clicking.
Life moves slowly in Indre-et-Loire. The slosh of the rivers, the clink of wine glasses, the rustling of grapevines in the wind – that's the backing track. To unwind and relax, as the locals do, you could bag yourself a gite in the country. There are loads of luxurious Indre-et-Loire vacation rentals with pools to pick from. Others will be rustic and charming farm conversions, with babbling streams rolling by and a medieval chateau keeping watch above. When adventure does call, consider hopping into a canoe, renting a bike or just driving the country roads – there's bucolic beauty everywhere.
Indre-et-Loire is typical of central France. It undergoes 4 seasons that flow from cold winters, when the mercury occasionally dips below 0, to warm summers, when it regularly sits in the high 70s. It's the summer – between June and August – that's the most popular time to visit. Most romantic types and adventurers alike look to book their villas then, especially the coveted Indre-et-Loire vacation rentals with pools. Spring – April, May – and fall – September, October – offer a balance of crowds, prices and weather.
Indre-et-Loire might just be that quintessential picture of rural France you've been searching for. It's green and bucolic wherever you look, and somehow even manages to make its cities seem rustic – Tours, especially, as it straddles the banks of the gushing Loire River. Follow the water westwards and you'll enter the reserves of the iconic Loire Valley. Look about to see castles topping the hills and rolling vineyards running in every direction by the banks. Deeper inland are farms and woods that are occasionally punctuated by a church spire-spiked hamlet.
The nearest airport is in Tours (TUF-Tours - Loire Valley), located 11.6 mi (18.7 km) from the city center.
If you prefer to travel by train, Monts Station, Montbazon Station and Veigne Station are the main stations that serve the city.
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