The Loire Valley in Autumn

I notice when people search for the 'Loire Valley' on the internet one of the most popular terms is 'weather'- we have a page dedicated to this on our site- but a picture, as they say is worth a thousand words.  In the last few days we have seen blue skies and lovely and warm days -in the 20's and in October. This can be a great time to visit the Val de Loire as you also have the benefit of fewer tourists at the major attractions.

Barrou

Attention!

 By the river Creuse  on Grande Rue

Rue de Lesigny

Le Grand Pressigny

Down our street, Avenue Andre Theuriet.

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"True sense of French culture"

My confusion as to what day it was at the beginning of their stay did not seem to affect our last guests at 'Les Balcons' and they seem to have embraced French rural living.

The chuch over the rooftops of Le Grand Pressigny

Here is their comments  from our guestbook:

"The Loire Valley gave us a true sense of French culture and lifestyle outside the big cities. A fabulous mix of wide open spaces country lanes and beautiful villages - not to mention the chateaux!  Add beautiful weather and excellent food and it was the perfect holiday. Thank you Pauline and Jim for the use of your beautiful, spotless and comfortable home. We have not wanted for anything. We found your advice on trips, restaurants and sights spot on. 'Les Balcons' was well situated for everything we wanted to do in the area and being located in a village the size of Le Grand Pressigny was a real bonus. We will definitely recommend 'Les balcons' to friends"

Heimut, Shannon Englehard & Lorraine Hayden, Australia

Change to changeover day.

 We welcomed our latest guests from Australia to Les Balcons  yesterday. After they had the tour of their new home for the next week they asked where the nearest supermarket to the village was. I, of course, was in Saturday (our usual changeover day) mode and proceeded to to tell them about the ever-popular market at Descartes,"which is on tomorrow", where they could stock up on fresh fruit and veg. and also have access to the supermarket for anything they couldn't find there. So I had to make the embarrassing phone call this morning to let them know that it was not in fact on today! Fortunately they found the beds so comfortable that they had a lie in - so I saved face - and they will go tomorrow!

Here are some examples of what they can expect to see there.