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Pedalling Along the Loire

TAtartafolle ·25 photographs ·10 Aug 2008 – 16 Aug 2008 ·7 days
Where
· LOIRA
When
10 Aug 2008 – 16 Aug 2008
7 days · trip of 2008
Who
ORNELLA TONIN · @tartafolle · ASOLO TV
How
Travel diary
The story

A ride entirely by bicycle along the Loire River and its castles.

The journey's photographs

25 photographs · click to open them full screen

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Cyclist in helmet beside two orange bicycles on a square with historic buildingsTourists photographing and resting on the grass by old stone fortress wallsVisitors walk past the pink château with its stone towerLight stone facade with glazed veranda and arched doorways under grey skyStone embankment along a wide river, paved road and houses among treesCyclists on tree-lined path toward the stone château of ChambordThe Château de Chambord with its spires, behind a wide green lawnStraight gravel path between lawns and clipped hedges, slate roofs and French flagVisitors stroll in front of Cheverny château, pale stone facade under cloudsTourists walk on the gravel path in front of the Château de Chenonceau OrangerieThe stone Château de Cheverny behind green lawns and hedgesCyclists riding on gravel path between tall trees, daylight filtering throughChaumont castle: stone towers with cone roofs, green lawn, cloudy skyVisitors walking paved path down toward river with long bridgeTourist photographs an old wooden trebuchet in front of Clos Lucé castleChenonceau castle in light stone with conical towers above the riverChenonceau white stone castle built across the river, cloudy skyTree-lined avenue in autumn with fallen leaves on the gravel pathCyclist in yellow jersey rides paved path beside the riverlong stone building with slate roofs, sandy courtyard, pond and visitorsVillandry: ornamental boxwood gardens in geometric patterns, tourists on stone terraceTourists in front of the Château de Villandry, light stone facade and gardensCyclist resting against a tree by a grassy riverbankBlue cornflowers and a pink echinacea in an orange bicycle basketTourists crossing the stone drawbridge of Saint-Malo citadel

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