Amboise - Château Royal d’Amboise

Our trip to Amboise started with an Uber drive through morning traffic in Paris from our apartment to Paris Montparnasse, our driver was expert at weaving between the traffic. A bit hair raising for small town people.
The train was comfortable and fast, great way to travel and see the countryside. We had 1 connection onto a train with no allocated seating, just managed to jam our cases in the door then sit down on pull down seats for the 15min ride to Amboise. Caught the bus for a short ride to the main area of Amboise then a 10min walk to our apartment which spacious, comfortable with everything we needed for 4 of us.
Neil and I set out on a walk and took a random staircase to see what was up there - it was certainly up there!! Got a beautiful view of the town then found a another random path down the other side of town, we saw little doors set into the rock walls which were houses that are still being lived in. There is a lot of development happening to some of the old buildings which was great to see. I also found some great little clothes shops, a couple of dresses later I was home 😁
We could see a market getting set up about 100m from our accommodation so Diane and I set out to investigate, it started at 6pm and it seemed like a lot of locals came to buy some food, a wine and just sit and enjoy. There was live music. We called the boys out and we had a lovely evening!

The next morning Neil and I visited Château Royal d'Amboise. Looking up at the Chateau Chapel from down on the street you had no idea the beauty up on top. This was one of our favourite visits to a castle/Chateau. It had a serene quality about it which made you want to sit in the garden and just be.Read more