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BIGOT €
( 02 47 57 59 32; 2 rue Nationale; 9am-7.30pm Tue-Fri, 8.30am-7.30pm Sat &
Sun)
Since 1913 this award-winning chocolatier and pâtisserie has been whipping
up some of the Loire's creamiest cakes and gooiest treats: multicoloured
macarons,
handmade chocolates, éclairs and
petits fours
.
Tea House
Information
Tourist Office
( 02 47 57 09 28;
www.amboise-valdeloire.com
; 9am-7pm Mon-Sat,
10am-1pm & 2-6pm Sun)
In a riverside building opposite 7 quai du Général de Gaulle.
Getting There & Around
Amboise is 34km southwest of Blois and 23km northeast of Tours. The
train sta-
tion
(bd Gambetta)
is across the river from the centre.
Blois
€11, 20 minutes, 14 daily
Paris Gare d'Austerlitz
€38 to €56, 2¼ hours, 14 daily
Paris Gare Montparnasse
€107, 1¼ hours, 10 daily, TGV
Tours
€11, 20 minutes, 10 daily
Château d'Azay-le-Rideau
Romantic, moat-ringed
Azay-le-Rideau
( 02 47 45 42 04; adult/child €7.50/free;
9.30am-6pm, to 7pm Jul & Aug, 10am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm Oct-Mar)
is wonder-
fully adorned with slender turrets, geometric windows and decorative stonework
and is surrounded by a shady landscaped park. Built in the 1500s on a natural is-
land in the River Indre, the château is one of the Loire's loveliest: Honoré de Balzac
called it a 'multi-faceted diamond set in the River Indre'.
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