Cycling in France: Loire gardens tour - Telegraph

Published on 20 June 2011

"Yes, of course the chateaux are astounding, but you come to appreciate the area's more subtle charms – the crumbling timelessness of the sleepy villages, the joyful antics of the birds nest-building on the islands mid-river, and treasures like our second garden, Les Jardins de Roquelin, an organic oasis in what was an abandoned farm and now boasts more than 450 types of roses. "