Mon banc dominical/My Sunday Bench - Chateau du Rivau

One of the many choices at Chateau du Rivau.

 

Something for the weekend - Festival de la Rose

We love to visit Chateau du Rivau all year round but this weekend you have the added bonus of the 'Festival de la Rose' - a great outing for the weekend.

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench,

Taking some shade under the arbor  at Chateau du Rivau.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet...

 

This was the sweetest of all the roses we had the pleasure of catching the scent of at the'Festival de la Rose' at Chateau du Rivau last weekend.

A good day out with the birthday girl...

A bit of shopping then lunch in Chinon followed by an afternoon at the 'Festival de la Rose' at Chateau du Rivau.

Smelling the roses...

 

Heading over to Chateau du Rivau today to smell the roses,

An experience we are desperate to replicate...Ada a Chateau du Rivau.

 

Featuring Chateau du Rivau as our Loire Valley chateau on experienceloire reminded us of Michael,Rose and Ada's visit back in 2019 - she loved it there but sure now as a little princess she would appreciate it even more.

Come on Spring ,let's be having you...

 

Spring in the beautiful gardens of Chateau de Rivau.

Something for the weekend - Autumn festival at Chateau du Rivau

A lovely time to visit this enchanting chateau.

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Yesterday Ada took us back to Chateau du Rivau

 

Ada took us for a picnic at the delightful Chateau du Rivau yesterday. It was her first visit and a welcome return for the rest of us. We had fun and food and a lot of 'wows'

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Something for the weekend - another chance to smell the roses.

Following on from Chedigny's festival, this weekend Chateau du Rivau gives us another opportunity to 'smell the roses' with its own Featival de la Rose. The chateau has 475 varieties of roses within its grounds. You are promised a weekend of  'botanical walks, creative workshops proposed by outstanding personalities of the world of the rose.

Full program here

If you haven't had a chance to visit Chedigny here is a link to our photographs from this year, 2019 Chedigny roses

More of what to expect at Chateau du Rivau this Spring

More on Chateau du Rivau here

Loire Valley chateau photograph...

Chateau du Rivau

You can see more chateaux pics here

Church on Sunday...just Joan and a chapel.

Today we visit the small chapel within the restyled 'neogothic' room within Chateau du Rivau, the only room of the castle that doesn't retain its 15th century authenticity.

It has an ornate altar piece (of unknown origin) and ceiling.

It contains a set of priests vestments.

A small ornate crucifix hangs on one wall.

Where's Joan?

She is everywhere!...the chapel is off an exhibition room dedicated to her. The chateau played a small part in her 'liberation' of France from the English by apparently supplying war horses used in the siege of Orleans.Its stables at the time were renowned for training 'battle' horses and continued to supply royal stallions over the following centuries.

Joan heaven ...

Joan's image has,over the years, been the subject of much debate...I'd like to think that this version (above) was how she looked - rather than this one...

or even this one...

The exhibition includes this print of the house Joan was born in at Domremy...a place I am sure I will one day make a pilgrimage to...it's all Ingrid's fault!!