Servicing Our Classic Cars in the Loire Valley

When our specialist mechanic Dominique discovered that some nuts on the front transmission drive universal joint on Claudette had worn and were allowing some movement we immediately asked him to replace them with new bronze nuts. It is important to keep on top of maintenance like this in old cars and often quite simple actions like this make a big difference to how the cars drive. And of course it is imperative to keep the cars safe! If you love old cars, we'd love you to book a tour with us.

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For details of our private guided tours of chateaux, gardens, wineries, markets and more please visit the Loire Valley Time Travel website. We would be delighted to design a tour for you.

We are also on Instagram, so check us out to see a regularly updated selection of our very best photos. You may also like to check out our YouTube channel. 

A New Science Exhibition at the Chateau of Chenonceau

The Chateau of Chenonceau has a new permanent exhibition. It has become the custodian of an extraordinary collection of over 40 scientific instruments and pieces of laboratory equipment that once belonged to Louis-Claude Dupin de Francueil.

It seems Dupin de Francueil had ambitions to be admitted to the French Academy of Sciences, but nothing seems to have come of it. He took chemistry lessons with Academician Guillaume-François Rouelle in Paris and commissioned his assistant Rousseau to write a book to popularise science, but it remained unfinished.

These activities were fashionable in France at the time and some important science came out of private laboratories such as the one at Chenonceau. But further than the science, the instruments in this collection are of a very high quality, and reflect the refined style of French objects from the time of Louis XV. Only the collection of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in Paris rivals the one now at Chenonceau.

If you are interested in seeing this exhibition and hearing the remarkable story of the collection's creation and how it comes to be at Chenonceau, then book a tour with us.

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For details of our private guided tours of chateaux, gardens, wineries, markets and more please visit the Loire Valley Time Travel website. We would be delighted to design a tour for you.

We are also on Instagram, so check us out to see a regularly updated selection of our very best photos. You may also like to check out our YouTube channel. 

A Gothic Jewelbox in the Loire Valley

For three years up until June last year the Chapelle Saint Hubert was closed to the public while it underwent a complete conservation restoration. Originally built for Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany, it is a masterpiece of 15th century Flamboyant Gothic architecture and sculpture, created by Flemish stone masons and carvers. The quality of the carving is exquisite and it now forms a fitting resting place for none other than Leonardo da Vinci.

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For details of our private guided tours of chateaux, gardens, wineries, markets and more please visit the Loire Valley Time Travel website. We would be delighted to design a tour for you.

We are also on Instagram, so check us out to see a regularly updated selection of our very best photos. You may also like to check out our YouTube channel.