touraine

Loire... Follow its silver or perhaps golden train; the first lady of Touraine takes you along to the Country of the Kings and the Queens that UNESCO classified within the world inheritance of the cultural landscapes. Here is an invitation to the voyage where the imaginary coast the History, where the men perpetuate the traditions, where the necessary is altered along the centuries into art of living. The land, the stone and Loire tell you their stories... Heirs to the legend of Arthur, you will find Plantagenêt in their medieval fortresses. Starting from Charles VII to Henri IV ,from the War of the One hundred Year old to the wars of religion, each wall will tell you its intrigues and its storms. There where François 1st and Catherine de Médicis, by their Renaissance castles, were to found a new style;you will find in each one a little of your history...
In a country where the lines are so soft and the rock is so tender, the vintages of Touraine had already conquered the kings palaces. The gastronomy of Touraine is not limited to its high-class wines and its refined kitchen... it is also a lunch on grass during which you will enjoy the products of our soil. We propose to you walks which will make you appreciate the variety of our inheritances.... You will find all practical information relating to the visits, such as the periods of opening, schedules and tariffs, within an additional booklet (see reply coupon in the end of the document).

THE ISLAND OF THE CHILDREN
Immediate embarking for all the small foams, in direction ofTouraine and follow the track of the Roy child. The formula is simple: the children will be seen giving back in each partner site a play (in the form of card) allowing them to discover, observe, seek treasures, to solve enigmas, in short... to visit while having fun! Welcome in this country of plays and discoveries, infinitely small and infinitely large. Along your adventures, we predict to you a meeting with Léonard de Vinci, and some shivers between keeps and fortresses for the boldest and a rerouting face-to-face discussion with animals with hairs, feathers or scales. It will be also the occasion, for the adventurers and the sportsmen, of acrobatic courses in the trees and of strolls on bicycle in the middle of the forest... A whole program!

ARTS AND KNOW-HOW
The creative and artistic spirits will be filled. Ranging from Painting to mosaic while passing by the discovery of the workshops of craftsmen ,we propose to you an initiation or an improvement in the various artistic practices. Of what to supplement your pallet!
Meetings, exchanges, transmissions of know-how in the country of Touraine, that is a crossroads of the ideas and artistic trends in its time... From Jehan Fouquet, primitive painter and famous for his portrait of Charles VII to Léonard de Vinci, the brilliant Italian inventor invited by King François the Ist to Touraine, the artists and craftsmen hustle to the doors of the castles and the remarkable buildings... It is up to you ,from now on , to come to exert your talents in Touraine... You will find inspiration perhaps there!