Château de Chambord has 440 rooms and a fireplace for every day of the year. Courtesy of Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door With its huge scale and prickly silhouette, Château de Chambord is ...

One of the best-known chateaux in France is about to get a costly and much-needed renovation, thanks to a wealthy American donor. U.S. billionaire Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of private equity Blackstone, ...

Francois I’s gargantuan hunting lodge, the Château de Chambord, commenced in 1519, was conceived in the visionary sprit of the castles depicted in the celebrated pages of the Très Riches Heures du Duc ...

The 55-room hotel is housed within a 19th-century farmhouse (which was also the site of a previous, much more modest hotel), the renovation and expansion of which was overseen by renowned French ...

The nocturnal noises coming from the French forest make it sound like there’s a grand prix for combine harvesters going on in there. The bizarre braying sound of stags in the mating season can come as ...

Visit these chateaux embracing the festive spirit in France’s picturesque Loire Valley over the winter holidays. Domaine National de Chambord during the holidays. One of the Loire Valley’s most ...

The Château de Chambord is unsettling to look at, a folly so grand it’s hard to take in, like something seen in a fever. I sit at the window of my room in the Relais de Chambord, a new hotel beside ...