Monday, May 25, 2015

Château de Villandry

Villandry, famous for their incredible gardens and grounds, was our final Loire Valley castle visit on Monday May 18. It's difficult to describe such a huge, spectacular place--I keep typing and deleting because my puny little words just aren't grand enough.

The ornamental gardens
Keith

The gardens are designed to be viewed from above, and they direct you to start the tour from the Belvedere terrace, the perfect place for photos.

 We spent a couple of blissful hours exploring the gorgeous gardens, which continued over a couple of football fields.

We all vowed to go home and work harder on our own gardens.



My favorite, the sun garden.
The potager garden


Finials

Chapel getting roof repairs



Fountain closeup
The perfect place for a kiss

Ode to purple
Oh yeah, there's a castle here!
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  1. Holiday Letter 2009May 26, 2015 at 6:06 PM

    This looks like a lovely visit. That first aerial view looks like an enormous maze! I'd be lost. I like the photos, esp the details.
    M.E.xx

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