If you're in France and want to escape the hustle and bustle of Paris with a day trip or two, there's no better place to go than the Loire Valley, the castle capital of France. That's right ...

Vacation like royalty amid the vineyards of Tuscany or the lavender fields of France's Loire Valley. You get an entire apartment with garden views inside this 19th-century Italian castle — and ...

Since I waxed poetic (and waxed some more) about my epic experiences, let's get to the point of this story: Here's how you too, can have the most idyllic trip to the Loire Valley with your friend ...

These castles are more than just historic landmarks. They are windows into the past, offering stories of royalty, battles, ...

The 300-plus Loire Valley castles dating back to the 10th century provide a jaw-dropping vista that alone makes the region ...

Spread before me is Chateau du Rivau, a Disney-esque castle from a picture book ... I’d visited the Loire before, at the wheel of a 1978 VW campervan on consecutive family holidays, touring ...

The political and social history of France and Western Europe in the Middle Ages as well as during the Renaissance, the period when the Loire Valley was a seat of royal power, is illustrated by the ...

The Loire Valley, aka "The Garden of France," is where it's actually at. Picture this: You're surrounded by hundreds (yes, hundreds) of châteaux (castles), 175 miles of a picturesque river and ...

The Loire Valley, aka "The Garden of France," is where it's actually at. Picture this: You're surrounded by hundreds (yes, hundreds) of châteaux (castles), 175 miles of a picturesque river and meadows ...