Eastern Touraine is the heart of the Loire Valley - not the geographic middle but the essence of the Loire. Here are many of the most famous châteaux - Amboise, Chambord and the lovely Chenonceau built of tuffeau, the local honey-coloured limestone. It was here that the French kings governed for much of the Renaissance, while cavorting with their various mistresses in the gentle Touraine landscape....
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