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La Maison Blanche is a 400 year old house across the street from the spectacular chateau Langeais! Explore the Loire Valley's castle route and the wine region! Your fully equipped holiday home has 5 bedrooms, for up to 10p. Garden terrace on the river and easy walk to train, market...

Maison Blanche is the perfect holiday rental for families or friends. Located just below the castle draw bridge! The front door opens on to an entrance hall with a beautiful painted mural of the castle of Langeais. The sitting room is beautifully appointed with a lovely stone fireplace and the traditional feature of beamed ceilings, large French windows and doors.
Total are 3 lovely garden areas with terraces: the courtyard entrance, the walled garden area overlooking the river, and the small garden terrace from the bedroom upstairs. The walled garden area has dining table and chairs, barbeque, climbing roses, and a lovely view of the river flowing past. All enjoy views of the Castle next door!
Langeais is a UNESCO world heritage site! The Chateau Langeais is a prestigious 15th century château with one of the oldest square keeps in France, a working drawbridge, a walk round the battlements with machicolations, a superb collection of tapestries and furniture. La Maison Blanche is the former barn for the castle.
Langeais has everything to make your stay pleasant: market, post, train station, public swimming pool open in summer. There are several small lakes in the forest, which have sandy beaches suitable for swimming. Tennis, rugby, football.Theatre.
Loire Valley: history, castles, wine, and great food.

Local Area Details

UNESCO world heritage Loire Valley is an outstanding cultural landscape including historical towns villages great architectural monuments chateaux cultivated land fashioned by centuries of interaction between people their physical environment including the Loire itself The Chateau Langeais is a prestigious 15th century chateau in which the marriage between Charles VIII and Anne de Bretagne was sealed in 1491 This medieval fortress is interesting to visit one of the oldest square keeps in France a working drawbridge a walk round the battlements with machicolations a superb collection of tapestries and furniture And there is a famous porcelain collection La Maison Blanche is the former barn for the castle There are many activities to keep the family happy Langeais has everything you need from supermarket to post office to train station There is a public swimming pool open in summer Alternatively there are several small lakes in the forest which have man-made sandy beaches suitable for swimming Tennis rugby football are available There is a Municipal Theatre for plays,shows,movies etc Nearby are the medieval market town of Bourgueil a market town being the center of the famous Bourgeuil red wine with a 16th century abbey Chinon is an attractive medieval town with its ruined Chateau and atmospheric streets. Chateau of Villandry famous for its beautiful formal gardens Chateau of Usse the fairytale chateau that was the inspiration for the sleeping beauty story. Azay le rideau is an attractive medieval town with an extremely pretty Chateau on a river. Saumur Famous for its chteau and home to the french cavalry as well as several museums. Tours is a large progressive city with stylish shops a charming old town Gothic cathedral and medieval buildings.
Rent a car for a day or take a tour and visit some of the most beautiful castles in France built along the Loire river valley Chenonceaux, Chambord, Blois, Amboise, and Angers

Property Features

* Close to a golf course
* Children are allowed

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