steps
Copy link
Copy linksteps
Best Places to Visit guide
Top 6 locations in Centre-Val de Loire
byAsaf Lev-Ari
Live update: Updated May 11, 2022Copy link
Copy link1. Chartres Cathedral
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
Asaf Lev-AriPartly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, the porches adorned with fine sculptures from the middle of the 12th century, and the magnificent 12th- and 13th-century stained-glass windows, all in remarkable condition, combine to make it a masterpiece.
ALSO FEATURED IN:Top 50 locations in France
2. The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriThe Loire Valley is an outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages, great architectural monuments (the châteaux), and cultivated lands formed by many centuries of interaction between their population and the physical environment, primarily the river Loire itself.
ALSO FEATURED IN:Top 50 locations in France
3. Bourges Cathedral
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriThe Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for its proportions and the unity of its design. The tympanum, sculptures and stained-glass windows are particularly striking. Apart from the beauty of the architecture, it attests to the power of Christianity in medieval France.
ALSO FEATURED IN:Top 50 locations in France
4. Chenonceau Castle
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriRecommended this place!
ALSO FEATURED IN:Top 50 locations in France
5. Chambord Castle
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriRecommended this place!
6. Orleans France
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:Asaf Lev-AriRecommended this place!
Was this helpful?
