A possible four-day ride from station to station, Blois to Amboise: Chambord, Cheverny, Chaumont, Chenonceau and Leonardo da Vinci's last home. About 118.5 km, back to Blois by train.

Four days by bike through the Loire Valley, on an indicative route of about 118.5 km that starts at Blois station and ends at Amboise station, with a direct train back to Blois. The thread is the French Renaissance, in order: the royal château of Blois, then Chambord, the dream of François I with its 282 chimneys. Cheverny, the model for Tintin's Marlinspike Hall, delights children. Chaumont holds the International Garden Festival every year, and Chenonceau stretches its two-storey gallery across the Cher. The last day passes the 44-metre pagoda of Chanteloup, reaches Clos Lucé, where Leonardo da Vinci spent his last three years, and ends at the royal château of Amboise, where his presumed remains lie. No day goes over 47 km and there is little climbing; the longest day crosses forest tracks between Chambord and Chaumont.