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playbill, this was our third visit to the loire and to be honest is was a combination of the heat and crowds which really did it for us this time. our first visit was interesting and we visited a number of chateaux which are, of course, very picturesque, a couple of them are worth a visit (i'm sure your guide book will tell you). we were expecting them to be filled with furniture, too, much like national trust properties, and were quite surprised and disappointed that none that we visited were. we both found it far too hot to be traipsing round though to be honest. the other thing is visiting the wine tasting cellars if one of you is driving. it's not much fun being the only 'taster' and although we do still do this, i'm not keen, me being the taster. i'm sure you'll enjoy your visit though, don't let me put you off :)
no coccinelle, i've never even heard of the mushroom caves, would have been worth a visit. nice and cool too i bet.
khandro, touraine amboise is my favourite wine at the moment, delicious, and bought from one of the 'caves'!
thank you all for your input, will now go and try to convince this person that they're not quite correct...