# Loire River Castles

By [EvgenyNug Diary](https://paragraph.com/@evgenynug-diary) · 2024-04-28

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The main part of our trip was devoted to castles in the central part of France, which are located in large numbers along the Loire River. Having settled down in a private hotel in the small town of Beaumont-en-Veronne, we visited five completely different castles, each of which has its own zest and is worthy of a separate detailed story.

![Our hotel "Logis Manoir De La Giraudière", located in a house of the end of XIII century](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1b6295dc4f28dedeaa4aff57eded22d3b8ffc422827e58eca7faf23fff68f0f1.jpg)

Our hotel "Logis Manoir De La Giraudière", located in a house of the end of XIII century

!["Château d'Ussé" - the fairy-tale castle of Sleeping Beauty](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f4a39d4cb2a750e2b849beb4ca56cd768dfbf1ef4d7320adaad1c03022ad1469.jpg)

"Château d'Ussé" - the fairy-tale castle of Sleeping Beauty

!["Château de Chinon" - a dilapidated medieval castle](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/16a057a557b8936dc9170a4235178de0084f8fafd6821ef35f83a43c3358564d.jpg)

"Château de Chinon" - a dilapidated medieval castle

!["Château de Brézé" - a castle with two underground floors, built on the site of French troglodyte caves](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ebce91ba92d9fde0c1979f2cfb1ac761f8a5438b3b8d3d2179da13376cc6bbc6.jpg)

"Château de Brézé" - a castle with two underground floors, built on the site of French troglodyte caves

!["Château de Brissac" - the highest castle in France, which is also a private residential property](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4d90d66eb487532869d3eddf962e5a041a3c24e657bf0ed1b29495397246e6ed.jpg)

"Château de Brissac" - the highest castle in France, which is also a private residential property

!["Château de Chenonceau" - women's castle on the water](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/438322084b542f7d479f1e9171cd2cdb62c793c39d2e47bc4ba2bd728015ca55.jpg)

"Château de Chenonceau" - women's castle on the water

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