The World Heritage Listed Loire Valley And Its Fabulous Golf Courses

Famous the world over, the Loire Valley with its magnificent chateaux is the third most visited region in France, just after Paris and the Cote d'Azur. Tours is now only one hour from Paris by high-speed TGV. French gastronomy is a veritable paradise. One which you should try at least once during your lifetime. Amongst wine cellars, food specialities, son et lumiere (laser fireworks shows) are a selection of reputed golf courses: Les Bordes, Chateau Sept Tours, Ardree & Touraine, Cheverny, Orleans Donnery, Les Aisses, Sully-sur-Loire, Limere, Ganay.

The peacefulness and scenery here in the Loire Valley make a golfing vacation a truly relaxing experience.

You can add to the enjoyment of your holiday exploring the legendary Loire Valley by staying at one or more of the taking a rental castle available.

One of the Loire Valley's chief attractions is that usually an impressive, majestic castle overlooks the golf castle. There is a choice of golf castle are available to rent.

It is a visually striking region and one that definitely deserves special attention for any budding photographers out there.

An unhurried pace of play results from this opportunity for tee times. There is ample space in front of you and behind you while playing golf in France. Golfers can normally walk in on their own without reservation and make their own tee times at courses in France.

A great holiday golf destination needs the following; good accommodation at a fairly decent price, plenty of bars and restaurants for your evening entertainment. This region has been providing a temporary home for golfers from England for the past few years.

This valley of the Kings route has been plied for centuries along the longest river in France, the Loire River which remains the last of the wild rivers in Europe. The French Kings literally castles hopped from one royal castle to another along the banks of the Loire River.

Here history combined with spiritual and cultural ways of life have mingled to produce the great Loire Royal Valley. The Loire is a superb region for a superb golfing vacation - just 3 hours drive from Calais and other northern ports.

The Les Bordes Resort not far from Chateau Chambord is undoubtedly the most remarkable of all the resorts in terms of exclusivity and quality challenging golf - designed by Robert Von Hagge see Seignosse. Les Bordes is consistently ranked amongst the top 100 courses in Europe and one of France's top 5. Water features on 12 of the 18 holes on this course and it really is a challenge even for low handicappers. Expect to enjoy this spectacular course, but scoring well may prove to be more difficult.