A week in Loire valley: castels, wine and more

Nantes is a quite big city, connected internationally with planes, so it could be a good starting point for your trip, if you are planning to finish it in Paris. Here you can visit the castle, the city center or just walking around. If I have to talk about my personal experience, the difference between this locations and the others (Angers, and all the other little villages with castles) is that here I travelled alone. I decided to spend the entire day by walking around of the city, visiting the touristic places but also take a look at the streets, at the normal places where people lives, offices, restaurants, supermarkets... It's a bit weird, but I also like doing this kind of tourism, to understand the other face of a city, the non touristic one. at the end of the day I walked for 22 kilometers!

Oh, don't forget to see the Elephant!

The first thing you'll see when  you arrive in Angers is the castle, then the city center, wich is small but really nice. The city is not big, but is a perfect place to live, it is European style, with all the facilities and services, you can find everything you need without living in a place of millions of people. Angers is a student city, so the nightlife s quite good, with lots of bars, coffee and discos. I stayed here a few days and it's a good place to stay while trying to discover as much castle as you can in this area. I stayed with friends, so if you have the opportunity to move around you'll be more flexible and it's easier to visit more places. I liked the city, it's really nice. if you have the opportunity, spend some hours walking through the public park close to the castle, I really enjoyed the time spent in the nature.