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Cherbourg

To finish off the holiday we spent a night in Cherbourg so that we didn’t have such an early start for the ferry the next day. We spent a lovely evening exploring along the waters edge and had dinner in the hotel restaurant.

Le Baud'rillé

Tours

Villandry

Candes-Saint-Martin

Candes-Saint-Martin is close to the confluence of the Loire and the Vienne rivers. We went on a lovely circular walk from the town up through the nearby vineyards to the view point.

First we headed up from the river through the town.

Where we reached the vineyards and sunflower fields.

After heading across the fields above the town where we saw many fields of produce we reached the viewpoint overlooking the confluence of the rivers.

Château d'Ussé

Château de L'Islette

Château de Chenonceau

The Château de Chenonceau is built spanning the river Cher and is one of the best-known châteaux of the Loire Valley.

Ricky Moorhouse

I live in the south of England with my wife and two children. I work at IBM as a Cloud Architect for API Connect cloud services. I enjoy running, walking, photography and spending time with my family.