Location: Blois
Top Things to do in Blois
What to do and see in Blois, Centre-Val de Loire: The Best Things to do Good for Kids
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Restaurants in Blois
1. Visites et Secrets
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5.0 based on 121 reviews
An unusual and unexpected visit, another way of understanding places, characters, story, history! Sylvain Ruiz, tour guide, will take you on a human and personalized tour of the royal city … You will be transported along the streets and alleys of the royal city, over places of discovery until then jealously guarded by their owner … Sylvain Ruiz manages to give you access to some secret places of ligerienne city. His research and findings, he will share them with you, privileged guests of its historical universe … Discover and enjoy a visit otherwise, through a choice of themed tours.
2. Royal Connection
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5.0 based on 53 reviews
Specialized in the tourist transport of travelers, Royal Connection offers you to be transported in a comfortable and air-conditioned minibus by a multilingual driver (French, English, Spanish, Portuguese). Excursions in the main castles of the Loire Valley, Excursions in the main vineyards of the Loire Valley, You can also create your tailor-made excursion with the availability of a driver for the day. Royal Connection also offers an airport shuttle service to Paris and Tours and airports.
3. Wine Geometry Tours
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5.0 based on 12 reviews
Eat. Drink. Love. Wine, gastronomy, and history tours in the Loire Valley with a certified French sommelier (level WSET 3 with distinction) who speaks 5 languages and shows you French history from the wine perspective. Learn how to taste wine properly, improve your level of knowledge, eat the best food in the region with breathtaking views over the Loire river. Homestay and breakfast included!
4. Chateau Royal de Blois
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4.5 based on 3,961 reviews
Aux portes du Val de Loire, le château royal de Blois présente un véritable panorama de l'art et de l'histoire des châteaux de la Loire, ce qui en fait la meilleure introduction à leur visite par sa richesse architecturale. Autour de la cour, dominée par le monumental escalier François Ier, se déploie un florilège de quatre styles de l'architecture française, le style gothique avec la salle des Etats généraux, les prémices de l'influence italienne avec l'aile Louis XII, Renaissance dans l'aile François Ier et enfin classique avec l'aile bâtie par Mansart pour le duc d'Orléans. Résidence de sept rois et de dix reines de France, le château royal est le lieu évocateur du pouvoir et de la vie quotidienne de la cour à la Renaissance, comme en témoignent les appartements royaux, meublés et ornés de magnifiques décors polychromes.
Reviewed By tallpinesCO - Steamboat Springs, United States
We chose this chateau for a rainy day because it’s a city chateau, with no gardens (though there is a park across the street). During a lull in the downpour, we admired the different styles of architecture from several centuries, beginning with a fortified tower left from the 1200s or so. The visitor goes through the rooms in more or less chronological order through the reigns of French kings over several centuries. We liked Blois much more than we did some years ago, because now every room and every object has a very fine explanation and description in English (as well as French, of course). An audio guide was 4 Euros, but we skipped it. The printed information was just enough for us. A series of rooms on the lower level display old pieces of stonework from various eras of the chateau. Where else can you get up close and personal with a whole collection of human and animal gargoyles? So many kings and queens have lived at Blois that it serves as an excellent introduction to the other great chateaux of the Loire Valley. There is an attached fine art gallery with interesting work by French artists and others, such as Rembrandt. Again, everything is very well explained in English/French placards.
5. Les Chevaux de Marolles (Normandie)
6. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
7. Les Jardins de l’Ancien Eveche
8. Escalier Denis Papin
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4.5 based on 238 reviews
Reviewed By jksKansas
This famous staircase had Lucky Luke painted on the steps when we were there. The design is well seen from a distance & it is changed at times to other paintings like the Mona Lisa, etc. It is a beautiful staircase & garden. There is a statue of Denis Papin at the top. Lots of restaurants in this area + the Loire river is close by. Denis Papin was a physicist/ scientist who invented the the steam equipment led to the invention pressure cooker & steam engine.
9. Pont Jacques-Gabriel
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4.5 based on 86 reviews
Reviewed By Nortie139 - Ottawa, Canada
The 11 arches split the city. It did not get taken out in WWII. It is stunning as it spans across the river. A beautiful piece of architecture.
