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Novices and insiders will find a multitude of varieties of plants, fruits, vegetables, shrubs and old as well as objects related to the art of living in the garden.]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>Promotion - Deux fois plus de couette (two times more quilt): 19 hotels allow you to extend your weekends from November 2011 to March 2012. ■ Hotels in Blois, Chambord Country welcome you even longer ... 3 nights for the price of 2. Take time to visit the castles of the Loire and enjoy the many leisure activities available in the Loire Valley Heart ...]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>One of Europe’s top festivals on account of its style variety and, especially, guest artists. - Concerts, master classes and stage spots for young local guitar players. ]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>26th edition of Musicalies en Sologne (Musical in Sologne), a festival of traditional music. Program: A festive village, evening concerts, ball free training instruments, singing and dancing ... and many other animations. Free access.]]>Peony Festival : exhibition and sale of herbaceous peonies and tree in the enchanting botanical garden of the Priory of Orchaise. Also, advice and visit the park with the gardener.]]>]]>]]>Free museum access from 7.00 pm to 1.00 am, as part of a fun, France-wide event. ]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>10th edition with the theme: "Le Jardin et ses images (The garden and its images). Rendez-vous aux jardins will be again this year, an opportunity to visit the gardens of the Loire Valley Heart from a new angle. Open seasonally to the public, these gardens are revealed in a few days through animations and tours full of surprises.]]>]]>A manouche (gipsy) jazz festival and tribute to Django Reinhardt in Salbris, ferme de Courcelles.]]>]]>]]>]]>Heritage Days and Mill Days: ■ A France-wide opportunity to explore traditional heritage and savoir-faire with a number of attractions including site visits, excursions, exhibitions, tasting experiences, trade exhibitions and more. The theme is Toits, tours, clochers… patrimoine en hauteur (Roofs, towers and belfries, heritage on the heights).]]> Game Fair : living as hunting visit to France, and essential event passionate about hunting and nature, taking place as every year in the exceptional setting of the park of the castle of Chambord. Programme: exhibitors, clay pigeon shooting and hunting routes, running boar, hunting demonstration ... Country in the spotlight in 2012: Scotland.]]>]]>]]>A musical festival in the village in time for evening drinks, in the château at night and in the golf course until the wee hours.]]> Epos , where the festival stories tales delight the scenes drama of Vendome. Artists, students, auditors, actors, shows, that will plunge you into the magical world of dreams.]]> Spectacle nocturne à Talcy (Talcy Night Show) with groups of local theater and dance up and down Cassandre Salviati. Also: can buffet-show every Saturday by appointment.]]>]]>Organized by the service culture of the city, the second edition of this festival will be held again in various places Montoire (idle the station, the town hall courtyard, courtyard of the cloister). Program: gypsy jazz, jazz, blues, jazz New Orleans.]]>]]>The 15th annual jazz festival with airs of saxophones, trumpets, trombones and salsa for "Latin jazz". Concerts, events, initiation and advanced jazz and tap-dancing courses. Various locations in the Cher Valley. ]]>This festival of French-speaking amateur theater in Cour-Cheverny. Court Côté Loire , in partnership with four other municipalities (Chittoor, Vineuil Cormeray, Saint Gervais-la-Forêt), provide the public a true theater meets its diversity of places and exhibits.]]>Second edition of this festival of classical and contemporary music in the courtyard of Château de Chambord.]]>]]>27th edition of Festival de musique de Pontlevoy (Pontlevoy Music Festival). Classical music concerts to be held in the ring and in the chapel of the abbey: - July: 2nd, 7th, 9th, 13th, 23th, 27th and 30th. - August : 3rd. ]]>5th edition of the Echo caquetoire , festival of street arts open to all and free. On the agenda: circus, exhibitions, puppet shows, theater, concerts, local artisans, ball ... In case of inclement weather, performances will be held in a marquee.]]>]]>]]>It is in the place of comfortable show (Palais de toile: 1700 places of terraces with seats shells and 300 chairs), and in diverse places of the city of Montoire, that will take place the 40th edition of this annual big meeting in diverse places of Montoire-sur-le-Loir. Participating countries: Georgia, Russia, Layakoutie, Spain, Sumatra, China, Paraguay, Bolivia, Africa and Brittany. Exposures, conferences, typical dinners, concert, shows, festival in the street.]]>Montrichard fait son cinéma (Montrichard at the Movies) is a fascinating spectacle, with horses and waterfalls, which runs along the Cher (stage area located on the wharf Jean Bart). Stand behind the camera and rediscover the action film. Ample parking nearby. Also: Tickets can duet with night show Prophétie (Prophecy).]]> Prophétie (Prophecy): night show on the banks of the Cher (stage area located on the wharf Jean Bart). A fantastic tale, a terrible curse, of new alliances, magic, love, suspense ... An explosive cocktail of laughs, action, tears and equestrian prowess. Ample parking nearby. Also: Tickets can duet with the show Montrichard fait son cinéma (Montrichard day at the movies) ]]>]]>Second edition of the festival Entre Loire et Sologne (Between the Loire and Sologne) is held on the territory of Blois, Chambord Country. More than 30 events are scheduled to host the summer concerts, jazz, rock, outdoor theaters, gourmet tours, gourmet markets, events, screenings, walks, traditional dances, exhibitions...]]>Des Lyres d'été (Lyres Summer ) offers a varied program with concerts, street theater, storytelling, themed strolls, cinema, introduction to dance and visual arts, circus, magic, fencing, on astronomy ... most beautiful places in the city center and the port of Creusille along the Loire.]]>]]>The tourist office of Vendome offers, in the summer, walks winemakers to introduce you to the AOC Coteaux du Vendômois. Visits with winemakers, once a week to 2:15 pm, with a departure from the Maison du vin et des produits du terroir vendômois (Thoré-la-Rochette) or the Cave Cooperative du Vendômois (Villiers-sur-Loir). Also: introduction to wine tasting.]]>]]>9th edition of Nuits de Sologne , the event pyrotechnic of Sologne. - In the first part of a show followed by a new "pyrotechnic symphony". Evening entertainment while waiting for the night. For security reasons, this show is not recommended for very young children and pets are prohibited.]]>]]>]]>]]>Zinc de livres : lectures, discussions, book signings, as well as street entertainment and nightly readings, will thrill readers, authors, writers, essayists during these two days.]]>European Heritage Days. A large-scale event providing an opportunity to discover or rediscover historical monuments and heritage, and a variety of artistic expressions every season. Here in Central France, châteaux, museums, parks, gardens and places of worship open their doors and organise free or guided tours, exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations and more.]]>During Les Rendez-vous de l'été (Visit the summer) , a hundred animations and events will be offered in the streets of Vendôme and the cloister concerts, tours, shows, exhibitions, festivals .. . - Les Promenades photographiques (The Photographic walks): from June 22th to September 16th. - Epos (The festival of storytellers): July from 02 to 07. - Zinc de livres (Zinc pounds): September 8th and 9th.]]>Looking for quality products, varied and unusual! Visit local markets, Place Saint-Louis at Chambord, where producers association Welcome to the farm in Loir-et-Cher, run and managed with the support of the Chamber of Agriculture, welcome you.]]> Promenades photographiques (Photographic walks), festival representing nearly 800 photographs through a twenty exhibitions in Vendome. The walk takes you over the visual to the Saint-Jacques, the museum and the cloister of the abbey to castle park.]]>The Royal Château of Blois gives itself over the the sound and light show written by Alain Decaux "Ainsi Blois vous est conté" with the voicees of Robert Hossein, Fabrice Luchini, Pierre Arditi and Michël Lonsdale. The night show at the château tells the pacts, the dramas, the loves and the mysteries that made the history of France. All the important events pass before the eyes of the spectator. The most up to date sound and image technologies (600 projectors, special effects, images on the facade of the chateau) give you a magnificent show, unique in Europe. English version every Wednesday. Other possibility: combined ticket for entrances to the castle, sound & light show and/or Museum of magic also available. ]]>]]>Within the national domain of Chambord, the Maréchal de Saxe stables are part of a great horse show in 45 minutes. A succession of different tableaux and equestrian in costumes, you will be in quality entertainment by playing a fabulous actor: the horse. Also: can hitch rides in and around the castle.]]>]]>]]> Festins de la Renaissance (Treats of the Renaissance), exposure to the royal castle of Blois: cooking and lifestyle during the Renaissance. Cookbooks, paintings, jewelry, enamels, tableware and office furnishings ... illustrate both the content of the meal, the architecture of the kitchen, table manners and entertainment banquets. This is an opportunity to enter the intimacy of an era dominated by the revival of aristocratic French cuisine under the sign of sugar, refined table manners, and the staging of royal meals ... Many activities around the theme (banquets, concerts, dances, workshops) punctuate the whole time of exposure.]]>The programme counts 200 debates and conferences, Europe’s leading history book fair (150 publishers and more than 200 authors), a cinema cycle (more than 50 fiction and non-fiction works) and attractions in town (shows, exhibitions, spectacles, expositions, literary cafés, history dinners and more). Theme 2012 : Les Paysans (The Farmers). Free access except some sessions of the cycle cinema.]]>A gathering that nobody who enjoys artistic garden landscaping wants to miss. The theme for 2012 is Jardin "Jardin des délices, jardin des délires" (Garden of Earthly Delights, garden of delusions). Several restaurants on the spot and souvenir shops. Self or guided visit. Also: night-visit of the Festival. Please ask for information. ]]>Gastronomy days in Sologne: a culinary trade show to promote Central France’s produce. There will be stands with producers and crafts, demonstration and tasting spots, professional competitions, festive and cultural attractions, and more. ]]>A contemporary music festival (rock, pop, new French songs and electronic music) at the Minotaure and Saint-Jacques chapel.]]>]]>]]>]]>]]>On the bleachers of the Beauval ZooParc aquatic amphitheatre, two shows will take you beneath the sea and up into the air: - One of the largest sea lion pools in Europe (3 million litres of water), with a 2-metre wall of glass façades, you can watch the sea lions under water. - A ballet of some fifty birds of prey in free flight above your head. An amazing, one-hour show for you to enjoy. The price including the visite of the Beauval ZooParc. ]]>The New season’s wine. Montrichard’s winemakers and the rest of the town gather to celebrate the new wine. Tastings, treat stands and a choice of attractions around the town and in the keep cellars. ]]>In La Halle aux Grains and under big top, House of Loir-et-Cher, library, and in all the city of Blois, will take place the 28th festival of comic strip bd BOUM, big meeting of all the passionate persons. Free entrance. - Exposures, educational activities, formations, debates, meetings, dedications... ]]>]]>A festival featuring chamber and opera music, and lesser-known repertoires, in venues teaming with history, by young up-and-coming musicians.]]>All year round, a series of musical, theatrical and dance events is offered in rural areas of the departement, The Festillésime 41, an initiative of the General Council, takes place in symbolic sites that will bring to life the small villages of the departement. Annual brochure available upon request.]]>