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Centre-Val de Loire

Things to see in Centre-Val de Loire

53 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

The image shows the courtyard of a historic French château featuring distinctive red brick and white stone masonry, Gothic-style arched windows, a stone balcony with tracery, and a cobblestone ground.

Amboise · Guided Experiences

Clos Lucé

UNESCO site of Leonardo da Vinci's final residence
A wide-angle photograph of the Château de Loches, showing its distinctive stone towers and fortified walls under a blue sky with clouds, framed by green trees and hedges in the foreground.

Loches · Castles

Château de Loches

11th-century royal fortress and Joan of Arc's prison
The image shows a calm, narrow river or canal flanked by a weathered stone retaining wall on the left and dense green trees on the right, with a stone parapet visible in the immediate foreground.

Chartres · Historic Towns

Eure River Banks

Historic riverbanks below Chartres Cathedral
An architectural restoration drawing showing detailed Gothic tracery, pinnacles, and rose windows of a cathedral facade, with text reading "CATHÉDRALE DE TOURS - RESTAURATION."

Tours · Architectural Landmarks

Cathédrale Saint-Gatien

16th-century organs and 13th-century rose windows
A wide-angle photograph of a large, ornate Renaissance château with distinctive French medieval towers and chimneys, situated on a grassy bank above a moat or river under a partly cloudy sky.

Blois · Castles

Château de Chambord

Largest Loire Valley castle with 77 staircases
A close-up photograph of a weathered stone block featuring a carved cross with four petal-shaped openings, set within a rough stone wall.

Bourges · Historic Architecture

Église Saint-Ursin

16th-century church in Bourges
A stone church with a distinctive bell tower and slate roof, identified by the filename as the church in St-Méard.

Chinon · Historic Architecture

Collégiale Saint-Mexme

Historic Romanesque collegiate church in Chinon
The image shows a detailed sculptural group depicting the Lamentation or Entombment of Christ, featuring multiple figures in Renaissance-style robes gathered around a recumbent body on a stone slab, set within an ornate Gothic architectural niche

Amboise · Historic Architecture

Église Saint-Denis

12th-century Romanesque and Gothic church
The image shows the exterior of a cinema building with a large mural of a man and woman, signage reading "CINEMA REX" and "STUDIO REX," and a vertical sign also reading "REX CINEMA."

Blois · Museums & Culture

Cinéma Le Rex

Historic cinema in Blois, France
AI-generated illustration of Cité de l'Image

Tours · Guided Experiences

Cité de l'Image

Immersive multimedia museum dedicated to image history
The former bishop's palace in Chartres that houses the Musée des Beaux-Arts

Chartres · Historic Architecture

Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des Beaux-Arts)

Fine arts museum in the former bishop's palace
The image shows the exterior of a large Romanesque stone church with multiple conical slate roofs, towers, and an apse, set against a blue sky with green landscaping in the foreground.

Loches · Churches

Église Saint-Ours

12th-century Romanesque church with unique octagonal domes