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GETTING THERE: The TGV from Paris's Gare Montparnasse reaches Vendôme and Tours in less than an hour. Via the autoroute, follow the A10 from Paris direction Bordeaux-Tours, then follow signs to Orléans. CLIMATE: Mild most of the year. The Loire is often the line of demarcation in France's weather, between the Northern climate and the Southern. Located in the heart of France, it can be accessed from Paris in just 55 minutes. Its architecture represents its historical past. It has been a place for romance, politics, and intrigue with halls, gardens and châteaux. Two of most well known cathedrals are Bourges and Chartres. FOOD & WINE: Loire’s specialties include crottin de Chavignol, Ste-Maure de Touraine, Valençay and Selles-sur-Cher. Deer, bay boar and duck are available in the hunting season. Sablés cookies and tarte tatin are two of French desserts that come from Loire. Some of the most famous wines that France produces are Bourgueil, Sancerre, Valençay, Vouvray, Montlouis, and Menetou-Salon which came from the Loire Valley. MAJOR SIGHTS: The Cathedrals at Chartres and Bourges; in Orléans, Joan of Arc's house, Beaux-Arts Museum, Parc Floral de la Source; in Tours, the old town, Cathedral of St-Gatien, Compagnonnage Museum; Gothic Abbey in Vendôme; Gardens of the Château de Villandry; Romanesque Basilica of St-Benoît-sur-Loire.
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