Travellers often ask us what we do at Christmas time. Every few years we go to Australia to spend Christmas with our families, but more often than not we spend Christmas in France. We will do like the French and have some of the specially grown oysters from the Atlantic coastal salt marshes directly to our west; we will buy a fresh foie gras from a local producer and prepare it ourselves; Christmas lunch might be a guinea fowl or a haunch of venison; and dessert a traditional yule log from our village patisserie. After lunch we will meet friends and visit a chateau (several are open on Christmas day and it is an increasingly popular outing). Sparkling Vouvray wine will be consumed at several points during the day. Boxing Day is not a thing in France, so it's not officially a holiday, but many people take the whole period between Christmas Eve and New Year off work so there is a holiday atmosphere.
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| Mini yule logs in our local patisserie. |
Merry Christmas everyone! To enquire about our private guided tours of chateaux, wineries, markets and more email us or use our contact form. More tour ideas can be found on the Loire Valley Time Travel website.