The châteaux, from our door

We are more or less in the middle. Chambord on one side, Orléans on the other, and Beaugency under your feet.

Where we are

Beaugency sits on the Loire, between Orléans and Blois. The châteaux spread out on either side, and none of them is more than an hour away.

Drag the map sideways to explore it.

Driving distances checked on 28 July 2026. The scale bar measures straight-line distance; the road follows the valley.

Seven destinations, in order of distance

Chambord

25 km · 28 min

440 rooms and a double-helix staircase. Three hours of walking, minimum.

Meung-sur-Loire

11 km · 16 min

The one château you walk through from cellar to attic, dungeons included. François Villon was held here.

Blois

39 km · 36 min

Four châteaux in a single courtyard, Gothic to Classical. A good half-day.

Cheverny

54 km · 51 min

Built in one go in the seventeenth century and never altered. Hergé's Marlinspike Hall.

Chaumont-sur-Loire

58 km · 58 min

The International Garden Festival: thirty plots, redesigned every year.

Orléans

35 km · 36 min

Sainte-Croix cathedral, the house of Joan of Arc, the quays reopened onto the Loire.

Beaugency

on foot

The Tour César, the abbey church, the medieval bridge. The town fits in a pocket handkerchief.

What it changes to sleep here

A small town costs less than a préfecture, and you can park in it. You leave the car in our courtyard on the first evening and you only take it out again to drive to a château. The rest of Beaugency is on foot.

And you do not repack: a day at Chambord, a day at Orléans, two opposite directions, one hotel.

On your return, the pool is open until 9.30pm from June to September, and the bar until 10.30pm all year.