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Château Royal de Blois is a window into France’s royal and medieval past. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Château Royal de Blois
In the heart of the city of Blois, overlooking the Loire, the Royal Château de Blois is one of the most fascinating castles in the Loire valley, a residence of the kings of France that unites four wings built in four different periods and styles around a single courtyard. Here medieval Gothic, the Flamboyant of Louis XII, the exuberant Renaissance of Francis I — with its celebrated open spiral staircase — and the classical style of Gaston d'Orléans stand side by side, offering a superb lesson in the history of French architecture. Within its walls unfolded dramatic events, including the famous assassination of the Duke of Guise. Magnificent, historic and endlessly instructive, the Royal Château de Blois offers a spectacular journey through the ages of French art and royal history, an essential and unmissable stop in the châteaux country of the Loire.