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Chenonceau Private Tour with Ticket Included, Starting at the Castle Gate

A private walk through Chenonceau with a local guide, and the entry ticket already in the booking. The group meets at the castle itself, so the day is not spent on a coach: it starts where the visit starts. Because the guide is working for one group, the route is not fixed. It can slow down in the rooms or spend the time outside in the gardens, which are planted for flowers and change with the season. The walk begins at the entrance and works towards them. Chenonceau is classified a Historic Monument by the French Ministry of Culture, and its history is unusually female. Diane de Poitiers had it first, then Catherine de' Medici took it from her, and both left their mark on the building and the grounds. The sixteenth century runs through the whole place: the design, the architecture, the decisions about where to put a bridge and what to build on top of it. The meeting point is in front of the castle entrance, by the welcome desk.