Explorar Chinon

The Royal Fortress of Chinon is a medieval castle on a ridge above the river Vienne, made of three linked castles. Henry II of England favoured it and died there in 1189, and Joan of Arc came here to meet the future Charles VII in 1429. Restored in the early 21st century, it holds a museum with towers, ramparts and royal lodgings to explore.

The Château de Montsoreau is a Flamboyant Gothic castle built between 1450 and 1460 by Jean de Chambes, councillor to Charles VII and Louis XI, directly on the bed of the Loire where the Vienne joins it. Alexandre Dumas set La Dame de Monsoreau here, and since 2016 it has housed a museum of contemporary art built on a collection of works by Art & Language.