Royal treatment: Le Relais de Chambord review

Live like a king at this historic country hotel in the heart of the Loire Valley

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The grounds of a remote 16th century chateau in central France may strike many observers as an ambitious and even odd location for the construction of a contemporary hotel.

With more than 14,000 acres of sprawling gardens, rivers and woodland, the Unesco-listed Domaine de Chambord estate, in the heart of the Loire Valley, recalls the feudal landscapes of old.

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