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Archive for May 17th, 2012

Grounds & lake around Chambord

This chateau was considered the “Jewel of the French Renaissance.” It has over 4500 works of art, roof-terraces that give you terrific panoramic views of the estate and the double helix staircase, which is very interesting! It is surround by forest. The estate covers 5440 hectares and is the largest enclosed forest park (there is a wall around the entire park!!) in Europe.

At the top of Chambord

View from terrace

View of Chambord from a distance

Ok…I am almost done talking about castles!! I have one more to show you. The last one that I visted is called Chambord – le reve royal, grandeur nature, which (I think) translates to something like-> the dream, royal scale. It was the largest of the three castles that I visited. This chateau has over 90 rooms that you can visit. Believe it or not, it was used mainly for hunting parties!! However, if you are interested, you can currently rent parts of Chambord for weddings, parties, etc. That is just an FYI for you!  ; )

Headed up the double helix staircase

The famous double helix staircase - it is pretty interesting to see

More pictures of the inside and outside of the chateau.

The Marques tower at Chateau de Chenonceau

Tree lined entrance to the chateau - very pretty

The Chapel

One of the four kitchen areas in the chateau