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Chateau de Cheverny

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  • Chateau de Cheverny Photograph © Pat Hartley
  • Chateau de Cheverny Garden Photograph © Pat Hartley
  • Pleasure Garden, Cheverny Photograph © Pat Hartley

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Chateau de Cheverny is an early seventeenth century castle in the Loire Valley. The park holds an interesting collection of trees including cedars, redwoods and lindens. A pleasure garden has been created between the chateau and the orangery. Herge used the central section of the castle as a model for Captain Haddock's country house Château de Moulinsart in "The Adventures of TinTin".

Address - Cheverny, France
Opening times - All year. Daily.
Website - Visit the Chateau de Cheverny website

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Recent Reviews

  • 12 months ago Paul Urquhart said

    Like so many of the chateaux of the Loire, Cheverny has had to create a point of difference and here it is the Tintin/Herge museum attached to the chateau in what were once the stables (I believe) It also stocks the best collection of furnishings of the period of any of the Loire Chateaux and the interiors are a must see. For garden lovers though there are other features that appeal. The pleasant, if not entirely remarkable, flower parterre is pretty and popular as are the parklike grounds with their collection of trees and recreation spaces. These are mostly at a great distance from the chateau and require a considerable walk. More accessible is the long perennial border at the rear of the chateau which edges an avenue leading to the Orangerie where the restaurant is. Planted in the French style, it is colourful and much more delicate than many of the more contrived borders found in English grand house gardens. A very pleasant chateau to visit if you have a couple of hours to linger and take it all in.

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