Cycling routes in Touraine are royal roads doted with Loire Valley’s Castles, these jewels which give the area a so exceptional reputation. But also mansions, manors, writers’ houses, ancient mills, which still defy time and winds. While we cycled along the Loire by bike itinerary, driven by a wild sweet freshness, the whole area did the show for us, revealing a true nature, alive and unspoilt. Adorned with vineyards, hills of Chinon and Bourgueil offer sublime landscapes. Flooded with sunlight, these lands then became magical, sparking our curiousity for their fine wines ! At the end of the road, in Candes St Martin, one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France, the stunning view over the confluence of the river Loire and Vienne revealed a sight to uncap. Fabulous !