Palaces & Gardens – Versailles & Loire Valley Châteaux

Beyond Paris lies a realm shaped by grandeur. At Versailles, sunlight floods the Hall of Mirrors, chandeliers scattering prisms across gilded walls. Your private historian brings to life the pageantry of monarchs and the intrigue of courts, where power once glittered in silk and gold. Outside, the gardens unfurl in endless geometry, fountains leaping in baroque rhythm, sculpted hedges marching toward the horizon.From there, the Loire Valley opens like a pastoral fairytale. Castles rise from meadows and riverbanks, each a story in stone. At Chambord, staircases twist in double spirals, a vision attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. At Chenonceau, arches span the River Cher with elegance so delicate they seem to float on water.In a candlelit cellar, vintages age in silence. A sommelier uncorks rare bottles, each sip revealing the valley’s terroir, its sun and soil captured in liquid form. Dinner follows in a grand hall where walls have borne witness to poets, queens, and philosophers.Here, luxury is not an overlay but an inheritance. In walking these halls, you step into the continuum of history — not as an observer, but as its privileged guest.