Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
By Bus to Chaumont-sur-Loire
: By the time you visit, a new bus service should
be taking travelers from the Blois train station to Château de Chaumont (€4 round-trip,
departure at 9:30 and 13:30, returns from Chaumont at 14:00 and 16:30, 30-minute trip,
dailyJuly-Aug,Sat-SunonlyApril-JuneandSept-Oct,confirmtimesatTIorat
www.tub-
blois.fr
).
By Taxi:
Blois taxis wait 30 steps in front of the station and offer excursion fares to
Chambord, Chaumont,
or
Cheverny
(current rates posted in taxi shelter, €34 one-way
from Blois to any of these three châteaux, €110 round-trip to Chambord and Cheverny,
€155 for Chambord and Chenonceau, 8-person minivans available, tel. 02 54 78 07 65).
These rates are per cab, making the per-person price downright reasonable for groups of
three or four.
Withitshugescaleandpricklysilhouette,ChâteaudeChambord,worth
▲▲
,isthegrand-
daddy of the Loire châteaux. It's surrounded by Europe's largest enclosed forest park, a
gamepreservedefinedbya20-mile-longwallandteemingwithwilddeerandboar.Cham-
bord (shahm-bor) began as a simple hunting lodge for bored Blois counts and became a
monumenttotheroyalsportanddutyofhunting.(Apparently,huntingwasconsideredim-
portant to keep the animal population under control and the vital forests healthy.)
