A Guide to the Loire Valley
Where to stay in the Loire Valley
Accommodation
Where to stay in the Loire Valley
Centre-Val de Loire is one of the 18 administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior of the country. The administrative capital is Orléans, but the largest city is Tours. Like many contemporary regions of France, the region of Centre was created from parts of three historical provinces: Touraine, Orléanais, and Berry. On 17 January 2015, as part of the reorganization of French regions, the region's official name was changed to Centre-Val de Loire.
The region is composed of six departments, the Eure et Loir * (28), the Loiret (45), the Loir et Cher (41), the Cher (18), the Indre et Loire (37) and the Indre (36). Our tours are based within the last four of these departments, particularly in a wide area around the city of Tours in the Indre-et-Loire.
Attached to our house in Chabris we have two cottages for weekly rental. These are quickly booked up, especially in the high season, but are popular with Loire Valley Wine Tour clients and those wanting to experience the Loire Valley as part of the village we call home.
Below is a selection of hotels which have been used by clients in the past. We make no comment about the qualities or the price of any of these; online resources such as TripAdvisor and Booking.com do a better job than we ever could. Nor do we book rooms on your behalf. This listing is to assist you to find a room in the areas of the region where we operate and to suggest to those contacting us from outside our area where they might relocate to make better use of our tour service.
We divide the region into the areas where we commonly offer trips, with an emphasis of properties close to Tours:
The Loire Valley produces wine in a wide range of colours and styles. Our tours give you a unique opportunity to taste these wines, look at the production facilities and often meet the owners. As enthusiasts ourselves, we make a point of seeking out the best.