Beaugency and the châteaux, from the hotel

Beaugency takes a morning on foot: the eleventh-century keep, the abbey church of Notre-Dame, the Renaissance town hall and the bridge, whose first arches are medieval. For the châteaux you will want the car: Chambord is 28 minutes away, and each makes an easy day out.

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Beaugency, three minutes on foot

The keep, the abbey church, the Renaissance town hall and the timber-framed houses take a morning on foot, without the car. Below them, the bridge crosses the Loire where people already crossed it in the Middle Ages. The market runs on Wednesday mornings and on Saturdays until 2pm, around the place du Martroi.

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Travelling by bike?

Beaugency sits roughly halfway between Orléans and Blois: some thirty kilometres behind you, about forty ahead. The hotel is in the historic centre, a few minutes from the Loire à Vélo route. Your bike spends the night in a locked room, and breakfast starts at 6.30am on weekdays.

Chambord, 28 minutes away

Chambord is 25 km away, with no motorway and no toll. Meung-sur-Loire is 11 km away, Orléans 35, Blois 39, Cheverny 54 and Chaumont-sur-Loire 58: all under an hour's drive.