Tag: Loire river

• La Barre-de-Monts via St Nazaire

  GK Tours Day 4 Thursday 7th November Vannes to La Barre-de-Monts via St Nazaire Another cave sleep last night, at this rate we’ll be starting our day at lunchtime! Last night we had showers in the van, we are pleased to say it was a lot better than expected, especially as we have super duper…

  GK Tours

  2024

  Aire, Bay of Biscay, Beach, Camping Car Park, France, La Barre de Monts, La Vendee, Loire river, Noirmoutier, Plat du jour, salt flats, Serpent of the Ocean, St Nazaire

• Villandry

  Day 14, 19th Oct 2025 Villandry, Indre-et-Loire, France Checking our next 2 stops we realised that parking in the van would be an issue. With this in mind we chose somewhere completely different. After a small shopping trip to the supermarket we made our way into a new department called Indre-et-Loire with Chateau Villandry as…

  GK Tours

  2025

  Aire, Camping Car Park, Chateau Villandry, France, gardens, Indre-et-Loire, Loire river, maze, Villandry

• Saumur

  Day 13, 18th oct 2025 Saumur, Maine et Loire Gareth had spotted Saumur on a google maps search. It’s a big town and has an amazing castle we couldn’t miss. The drive was about an hour, some of which was on dual carriageways but mostly through vineyard country, glorious! You spot the castle on your…

  GK Tours

  2025

  Aire, castle, chateau, France, Loire river, Loire-Atlantique, old town, Saumur, Vineyard

• Saint Florent le Vieil and Savennieres

  Day 12, 17th Oct 2025 Savennieres & Saint Florent le Vieil, Maine et Loire We had a late start this morning, Meg was so relaxed and loving the conkers she kept finding, that she didn’t want to leave . Our drive took us into wine country, vineyards were everywhere. No fruit on them but the…

  GK Tours

  2025

  Abbey, Aire, chateau, church, France, French Resistance, frescoes, Loire river, Loire-Atlantique, Needle column, petanque, Pretty village, River Maine, Roman, rose garden, Route de la Loire, Route de Pays de Vin de Loire, Sand Ball, Savennierres, St Florent le Vieil, Vineyard