Chartres Cathedral: A Complete Guide to France's Greatest Gothic Monument Eighty kilometers southwest of Paris, Notre-Dame de Chartres rises from the flat Beauce plain with a certainty that has unsettled travelers for eight hundred years — its asymmetric towers...

Chambord Castle: A Licensed Guide's Expert Perspective on France's Renaissance Masterpiece An Expert Introduction: Why Chambord Demands More Than a Quick Visit As a licensed French tour guide who has spent years studying and explaining the châteaux of the Loire...

Things to See in Blois, France: An Expert's Guide to the Royal City Blois, the Loire Valley's royal city, offers one of France's richest concentrations of Renaissance architecture, royal history, and artistic innovation. From the magnificent Château Royal where seven...