This itinerary leads the traveller in the footsteps of one of the Kings who most definitely marked the Loir-et-Cher: François I. Many châteaux owe their existence or their current prestige to him. It was François I who notably built Chambord...

In the Loir-et-Cher, this route winds from Talcy to the Gué-Péan Château (Monthou-sur-Cher), passing through Chambord, Blois, Troussay (Cheverny) and Fougères-sur-Bièvre.