…the Villandry Gardens! Villandry is a beautiful Renaissance chateau surrounded by three tiers of terraced gardens. The property has had many owners throughout its history – in the early 19th century, ...

This is the "kitchen garden" at France's Villandry with the chateau in the background. Lebanon's Ann Coleman restored it to its Renaissance glory in the early 1900s. France's Chateau de Villandry is ...

France's long and meandering Loire Valley is not only famous for its diverse wines. As a travel destination unto itself, there are numerous features on offer to lure the intrepid traveler, and the ...

The gardens. Rather than a park with lawns and woods, which most chateaux have, Villandry boasts an extraordinary arrangement of formal gardens based on medieval and Renaissance designs, with each ...

A nest crafted from vines and rose bushes makes for an effective outdoor dining setting, I discovered, while eating in the “secret garden” that sits in the courtyard of Chateau du Rivau. The last ...

Chateau Villlandry was completed around 1536 and was the last of the large chateaux built in the Loire Valley during the renaissance. Photo / PK Stowers PK Stowers travels to France's Loire Valley and ...

Along the Loire River Valley, the beautiful French countryside is studded with châteaux. Along the Loire River Valley, the beautiful French countryside is studded with evocative châteaux. Home-basing ...

(<<< Continued from previous page) But the garden is about more than straight lines. Henri's great-grandfather, Joachim (a Spanish doctor married to an American heiress who funded the purchase of the ...