Dear friends

Dear all,

We are travelling by car from Lourdes to Paris and have 4 days to get there. Can you please give us ideas of must see/eat/do or routes to follow to get to Paris. I don%26#39;t know, kind of chateux/places/people to meet that can%26#39;t be missed.

Thanks a lot fellow travelers !

Richard

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Hola Richard.

Seguro vas a pasar por Blois, que esta muy bonita (estuve viviendo alli hasta hace un mes...lastima).

Alrededor estan los mejores castillos de Francia (el valle de reyes).

Chambord es un %26quot;must see%26quot; (esta como a 15 minutos de Blois). Los castillos de Blois, Cheverny, Chenonceaux tambien estan cheveres, pero si tienes que ver uno es Chambord..

Orleans esta bien, pero tal vez no vale la pena detenerse y seguir a Paris para ver Versailles.

Yo estoy en Ginebra....si necesitas cualquier cosa me mandas un mensaje.

saludos,

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Pintoejd, there is a Tripadvisor available en espanol, if you%26#39;re more comfortable reading/writing en Spanish.

For this one, it would be much more helpful if you%26#39;d post in English. You read the question with no problem, so I%26#39;m not certain why you%26#39;d post in Spanish.

For everyone else, it was a very nice response..just bizarrely not in the language in which the question was posted:

Hi Richard.

Sure you%26#39;ll go through Blois, which is very nice (I lived there until a month ago ... pity).

Some are the best castles in France (the Valley of Kings).

Chambord is a %26quot;must see%26quot; (such as 15 minutes from Blois). The castles of Blois, Cheverny, Chenonceaux are also cool, but if you have to do is a Chambord ..

Orleans is OK, but perhaps not worth the stop and continue to Paris to see Versailles.

I am in Geneva .... if you need anything send me a message.

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As has been said, it would be good to see the Loire Chateaux, and you could head straight there.

If you want to see a few major sights on the way you could go -

Carcassonne, rebuilt citadel.

Millau, it%26#39;s got a bridge, and what a bridge it is!

Le Puy en Velay, large volcanic plugs in the town with a church on one, and a hollow Notre Dame statue (with spiral stair inside) on another

Vichy, spa town with ornate glass and iron pavillion with all the waters piped in, park, plus walks beside the River Loire

Sancerre, follow the river to this famous wine village and on to

Briare, a canal crosses over the Loire, you can stroll across the very ornate iron bridge

Now head for the chateau area of Blois / Tours

Hope this gives you a few ideas