I'm having a hard time leaving Amboise, but it's time to move on. I didn't realize I had so many photos of the town. Continuing about 40 minutes down the Loire from Amboise, passing through the city of Tours, you arrive at the town of Luynes (pop. 5,000). It's not as well known as upriver Touraine towns like Amboise and Vouvray, or towns downriver like Langeais and Bourgueil. It's actually only four miles from Villandry and its gardens, but there's no bridge over the Loire that links them directly, so it's a 20-minute drive.
I took these photos nearly 12 years ago, on a mostly sunny July day.
This is a particularly nice old house — probably 15th century — in the center of Luynes.
Just down the street from the house above is the town's 15th-century covered market hall.
Here's a view of the château from the center of town. Parts of the château date back to the 12th century.
Finally for today, a detail of the façade of the town's church, which is dedicated to sainte Geneviève
I cannot tell you how much I enjoy these trips down memory lane. Almost twelve years now we were in Luynes! How time flies! Was it Lumix like me? Very good photos.
ReplyDeleteIt was Lumix. Model DMC-ZS1, which was also sold in Europe as the TZ6, I think. So a generation or more after the TZ3.
DeleteNice town! I had never heard of it.
ReplyDeleteJudy
Lots of attractive window boxes and hanging baskets. The chateau looks very fortified.
ReplyDeleteCharming town. How is Luynes pronounced?
ReplyDeleteIt is pronounced as in ruines.
DeleteYes. It's like the pronoun lui with an n at the end.
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