Château de Chenonceau – Part 4

June 21, 2016June 21, 20161 Comment

One of my favorite things about Château de Chenonceau was all of the fresh flower arrangements that could be seen throughout the chateau. Many, if not all, of the flowers used in the arrangements are grown in the chateau’s gardens. The arrangements are also put together at the chateau. I don’t really have anything else to say about the arrangements…except for pointing out the fact that they’re absolutely beautiful! I figured this would be a good time to try out WordPress’s “gallery” feature. Some of the thumbnails are rather small, but I think that you should be able to click on each photograph to open it up so that you can view a bigger version of the photo.

Also, if you’re interested in Château de Chenonceau, be sure to check out my other three posts on the chateau!

Château de Chenonceau – Part 3

June 20, 2016December 13, 20162 Comments

I’ve previously published two other posts about Château de Chenonceau – one post with photographs of the outside of the chateau and a second post with photographs of the inside of the chateau. This post features photographs from the grounds surrounding the chateau. In addition to the chateau, there were several other buildings and gardens on the grounds that we spent some time looking at. Unfortunately, I don’t know much about the grounds, so this post will be somewhat lacking in terms of information. I do, however, hope that you enjoy the photographs despite the lack of information.

I have no idea what this building was, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen something oozing with so much whimsical charm. It was also a picture well-suited for Instagram’s signature square format.

Unidentified Incredibly Charming Building

Much of the area surrounding the chateau is devoted to maintaining the many gardens. They were in the process of digging up the spring flowers and replanting the gardens with summer flowers while we were there. These crates contained the summer-time plants for the gardens.

Crates Full of Fresh Flowers

Firewood

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Château de Chenonceau – Part 2

May 30, 2016June 21, 20162 Comments

Château de Chenonceau was the first chateau that we visited during our time in the Loire Valley. If you’re planning a trip to the Loire Valley and are trying to decide how many chateau to plan on seeing, I recommend planning to spend about half a day at each chateau. We could have easily spent longer than half a day at Chateau de Chenonceau (the inside is still furnished, and the grounds are lovely), but we really wanted to have ample time to see Château de Chaumont and the International Garden Festival that day, as well.

I took so many pictures during our time at Chateau de Chenonceau. I won’t be able to include all of them in one blog post, so I’m splitting it into three parts. This one will include pictures from the inside of the chateau. The first post includes photographs from the outside of the chateau, Diane’s garden, and Catherine’s garden; it also includes more information on the history of the chateau. The third post will focus on the grounds, and a fourth post will include photographs of some of the beautiful flower arrangements from inside of the chateau, as well as photographs of paintings of Chateau de Chenonceau.

Immediately when you enter the chateau, there is a small chapel on the left.

Chapel in Chateau de Chenonceau