Chateau de Villandry

Chateau de Villandry is famous for its gardens, considered to be the best in the Loire Valley and possibly all of France.

Finished in 1536, it was the last great Renaissance chateau built on the Loire.

Started in 1906 by the present owner’s great-grandfather, the garden is a careful reconstruction of what the original might have been.

The 85,000 plants are replanted twice a year by 10 full-time gardeners.Read more