🚐 キャンピングカーツアー：ロワール渓谷の隠れた名所

🚐 キャンピングカーツアー：ロワール渓谷の隠れた名所

It’s the 18th of May and we are at Port Silent, ready to start another trip to Europe. What better way to start than having a quiet drink overlooking the marina. [Music] The next morning, we set off from Port Solen along the M275 to the Britney Ferris checkin. It’s about a 15-minute drive. Next is security. Are we going to be checked? No. Next we were boarding Britney Fair’s brand new ferry, the William de Normandy. [Music] [Music] It’s a little bit gray this morning. [Music] We had a cabin. We usually do. We use the shower, etc. And then it’s several games of Skipbo, lunch at the cafe. Very nice. And before you know it, the French coastline comes into view. And 6 hours later, we’re disembarking in Obisham, France. One of the first off through passport control security and then we’re heading up the D514 in the direction of Khan. Our first stop is going to be the Superu of Blameville. And we’re nearly there for Superu. It’s less than 5 minutes from the boat. We like stopping here, not just because it’s a huge shop where you can buy absolutely anything, but because it’s so easy to park. [Music] We’re on the run heading to the How much was that? 77. [Music] This is the camping car park at Lamelasarth. 69 pitches, a mixture of hard sanding and grass. We chose grass. There are toilets and showers which are open April to October and a motor home service point. The site’s really close to the center of town and next to the fishing lake. [Music] Now, this trip was supposed to be a 6 weeks trip and we were headed for Italy, but as it does sometimes, life gets in the way and we were reduced to 4 weeks. So, we thought about heading down to Provence, but the weather forecast wasn’t so good down there, and the weather here wasn’t too bad at all. So, we thought, how about a couple of weeks wandering along the L Valley? There’s a lot of places we haven’t seen, and there’s a lot of places we’d like to see again. So, our next stop on this trip is going to be a camping car park at Mont Rishard. But first things first, empty and a great water. I’ll be justine. [Music] [Music] Pretty close. Turn left on the end. We got to the camping car park at Montreart and found that we couldn’t get the barrier to lift using our card. So, a quick call to the camping car park help desk and we were let in. It is open. Yes. Brilliant. Fantastic. Thank Thank you. Have a good day. Thank you. [Music] This is a nice camping car park. Some of the pitches are delimited. Some are on grass, some are on gravel, and there are also some open areas. The electric was by way of the normal three pin euro plug. And there is the usual camping car park motor home service area. No toilets or showers. [Music] That’s our our setup at the moment. We got a little bit of rain forecast at 1:00. Be interesting to see if it happens, but it’s a lot cooler than it was yesterday. It’s uh 15°. Yesterday we had 25. There we are. The camping car park is about a 15-minute walk into the center of town. Montre is an attractive medieval town on the banks of the river Sher in the L Valley. During the Middle Ages, Montreart was an important town as it sat at the crossroads of the Paris Bordeaux Spain route and the old Roman road toward Boris. Our first stop in Montreard was to be the maison to tourist to obtain a guide to the town. And there we were going to head to the castle built by Fuk Nera, the count of Anju in 1005 to protect the town from his archeneemy Odo I count. But unfortunately the castles only open on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. But we did get to see the church of the Holy Cross. This church was at one time the castle chapel. Fuk Na bought a relic of the authentic cross from Jerusalem and presented it to the castle chapel when it was founded in the 11th century. A section of the castle wall collapsed in the 18th century, badly damaging the chapel. And after extensive repairs, it became the parish church of Monishard. The rest of the town is made up of narrow cobblestone streets, half-tippered houses and remnants of the old town walls. [Music] The anticipated rain has finally arrived. I put the screen up this morning because of the wind, but that’s gone completely now. The following morning, we packed up and after a stop at the motor home service point, we were heading just up the road to the second most visited chatau in France, the chatau de Shenanu. The first being the palace of Versailles. Yeah, you got it, babe. Shenanu is just a six mile drive from Mont Rishard. downs. All right, you ready? Yeah, we’re going. Go, go, go. Turn left onto Shabendar. I’ll be just fine. [Music] This is the camping car park at Shenosu. 25 pitches, all with electric, toilet and showers open during the summer months, and the usual services tower arrangement with fresh water on the left there and the cassette empty on the right. We chose a nice quiet pitch. Well, maybe not that quiet. [Applause] There weren’t many trains during the night and we slept okay. It was a chilly start to the day, 9°, but a high of 22 was forecast. But uh let’s go and see a shot. The first stop was buy a ticket. You can queue at the ticket office or you can use the self-service machine which seemed to be a lot quicker. This is the Grand Allet created by Appolene, Countess of Villanovv in the early 1800s. The first thing you come to is the gardens of Dian deier. Diane was Henry II of France’s favorite mistress and she was gifted the chatau and she had the gardens developed and had a bridge built over the mirror share. But after Henry died in 1559, his wife Katherine Demedi had Diane relocated, extended the gardens and had the twotory gallery built on top of the bridge. What do you think of the chatau? I think it’s gorgeous. Yeah. Inside the chat was very very busy and it was difficult to do much filming with so many people about. There are three floors to explore and the bedrooms and apartments on the upper floors were very busy. We might visit again sometimes but we would do the house first before the gardens and hopefully beat the crowds. [Music] Apart from the house, there were the gardens, a maze, caris museum, wine celler, a 16th century farm, Katherine Demetic, apothecary, and a military hospital. As during World War I, the chateau was used as a military hospital paid for by the owner at the time, Gaston Men. The next day was a Saturday and after using the site services we headed back to Monard as I fancied having a look at the fortress which was only open Saturdays and Sundays. It was after all only 6 milesi along the road. And here we are back at Montrey Shard. No issues with the barrier and we got the same pitch. Sue didn’t fancy climbing the Donjon, so it was just me. The cost of visiting the fortress is €7, which includes entry into the very interesting museum of archaeology and another of local life. The tower or donjou was built around 1005 by fukanea the count of anu who is considered to have been the first of the plantagulates. Henry II, Richard the lionhe heart, king john etc. The donjon is 21 m high. It was 25 but in 1589 Henry IV ordered it to be reduced by 4 m. Getting to the top, you can see why Fukner wanted to build a fortress here. You can see for miles, and his arch enemy, Odo the first, the count of blah, was only 20 mi up the road. The next morning was gloomy, but better things were forecast, and we were heading to Son. You’ve got it. Turn right at the traffic light, then enter the roundabout. away. If all I just fine, I’ll be just fine. Seen is a medieval town on the banks of the river share about 30 miles south of couture traffic light. The Renaissance Chatau and the collegiate church of San dominate the skyline [Music] on the left. Well done. This wasn’t our favorite camping car park of all time. It’s just a slap of tarmac and this was the only spot where we could get anywhere near leveled out. But there are 29 spaces all with 6 hours of electric and the usual motor home service point. And it’s a very very short walk into the very nice town of St. Agnan. We walked down to the river and we spotted a riverside bar or kinet on the island and we went over and had a drink. They weren’t very forthcoming with the menu. We were the only customers there. So, we headed back to Campy to have lunch. [Music] Now, today it’s croc mure. This is a little bit posh. This is uh Yeah. Brios one. Yeah. But ain’t it worth it? Very nice. Would you Would you get this again? Yeah. Yeah, definitely. We did have a bit of company overnight. At one time, we thought we were going to be on our own. Anyway, the following morning started bright enough and we headed into town. Our first stop was the office to tourism to pick up our free map and guide to the town. [Music] First place on the tour is the chatau. You can’t go in, but you can access the courtyard and the grounds for some lovely views across the river share and the town. The chatau was built in the 15th century on the ruins of an earlier fortification by Boilia family, close allies of King Louis the 14th, and descendants of that family still live in the shadow today. This octagonal tower is an 18th century add-on to the stable block. From the shadows courtyard, there’s an impressive stairway leading down to the collegiate church, which was built on top of an 11th century crypt, which houses some remarkably well preserved fresco on its walls and ceilings dating back to the 12th century. Well worth a visit. [Music] I would imagine that Most of the walls and ceilings were covered with these fresco at one time and it must have been an amazing site. There were a lot of eating places in St. Ana, including this migrant star. We did like San with its cobbled streets and squares and its medieval fill. But back at camp, we decided to move on before our 24 hours at the camping car park was up and moved to yet another camping car park at a place just down the road at Montre So open road you sitting closewhere I’ll be just fine. Okay, got it. We liked it here. We had the end pitch, which always gives you just a little bit more room. And we were only about 600 m from the shadow de Montasaur. Our meal that night was one of our favorite huchio recipes, amatric style bukatini. The following morning started chilly enough, 9°, but 22 was forecasted for the day. This chatau was a bit of a mixed bag. The original chatau was built by Fukner in 1005 and consisted of the first stone keep or don. In the 12th century, Henry II had the towers at the entrance built. But by the 15th century the fortress was abandoned and a renaissance castle was built in the grounds by the lord of bage Imber debastn. After this the castle changed hands many times. The French revolution in 1789 marked its decline until 1849 when Polish magnet count Zavier Braniki bought the dilapidated property. He had the chatau completely restored and filled it with Polish historical artifacts and it’s now a notable museum. Count Braniki dedicated the chatau to his great hero King Yan Sabiesi who defeated the Ottomans outside of Vienna in 1683. The Pope held King Sabies at the time as the savior of Western Christians. Count Berniki died in 1879 and the chatau is basically as he left it. There’s a very nice marked out walk through the village and along the river and the church of St. John the Baptist is well worth a visit. [Music] safe. Yeah, I think so. Think so. [Music] We decided to treat ourselves and we had lunch at the cafe davil. We chose the duck with a pepper sauce, chips and salad, a craft of the more expensive the wines and a creme brulee for dessert. And it came to a very reasonable €56. Is it like beautiful? And that about wraps it up for this episode. Thanks for watching. It’s been great having you travel along with us. Look out for the next episode cuz on this trip we still have Ambos, Samir, Airvault, Partin Vouet, Partin again where we bump into a blues festival, Leon Samir, and Hermanville. Right. If you could hit that like button, it would be really appreciated. So from the both of us, of for now.

Pour a glass of wine and sit back and join us as we take a motorhome tour through the heart of the Loire Valley, in this video, after an overnight stop at Le Mele sur Sarthe we visit Montrichard, Chenonceaux, Saint-Aignan, and Montrésor,

🚐 Motorhome Tour: Loire Valley

Montrichard
* Where we stayed: Camping Car – Park, peaceful riverside spot – no toilets or showers
* The Donjon de Montrichard, a 12th-century keep with panoramic views over the Cher River – is only open Saturday and Sunday afternoons

Chenonceaux
* Where we stayed : Camping Car – Park, 600 metres from chateau ticket office, toilets and showers open.
* There is dedicated motorhome parking at the chateau but overnight is not allowed

Saint-Aignan
* Where we Stayed: Camping Car – Park 400 metres from the town – no toilets or showers
* We didn’t visit but ZooParc de Beauval, one of Europe’s top zoos is a 15 minute drive

Montrésor
* Where we stayed: Camping Car – Park 600 metres from chateau, no toilets or showers
* Montresor – on the banks of the River Indrois is listed as one of France “Most beautiful Villages”

Our motorhome is a 2016 Burstner T660 which we bought in 2018

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