Thought by many to be the most perfectly proportioned château of all Cheverny ( www.chateau-cheverny.fr; adult/child €9.50/6.50;h9am-7pm Apr-Sep, 10am-5pm Oct-Mar) has hardly been altered since its construction between 1625 and 1634. Inside is a formal dining room, bridal chamber and children's playroom (complete with Napoléon III–era toys), as well as a guards' room full of pikestaffs, claymores and suits of armour.
Many priceless art works (including the Mona Lisa) were stashed in the château's 18th-century Orangerie during WWII.
Near the château's gateway, the kennels house pedigreed French pointer/English foxhound hunting dogs still used by the owners of Cheverny; feeding time, the Soupe des Chiens, takes place daily at 5pm April to September.
Cheverny is 16km southeast of Blois and accessible by bus.
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