Tour the beautiful Loire

Tour the beautiful Loire Valley at your own pacewith a guided e-bike holidayRue Friedland, AngoulemeRue du Massacre, ChartresMany a medieval city centre or bijou villagehas a Rue des Tanneurs or Rue de laMonnaie, a reminder of the leather tanningand money minting that took place therein centuries past. Chartres is home to agrisly-sounding Rue du Massacre, not amajor battle however, but the location forthe local abbatoir! Among battles that areremembered however is Napoleon’s victoryover the Russians in June 1807 at Friedland,commemorated in the comic strip capital ofAngoulême where street names in the citycentre are appropriately contained withinspeech bubbles.Nice honours the two nations who put thisMediterranean gem on the winter holidaymap with the Promenade des Anglais andthe Quai des Etats-Unis, whilst Talmont onthe Gironde estuary has a rare street namedafter a king. Not a French king though, butEdouard 1er d’Angleterre who founded thefortified village in 1284. Travel to the Avesnoisarea of the Nord department and you willeven find Place des All Blacks in honour ofthe New Zealand soldiers who liberated thetown in November 1918.Place des All Blacks, AvesnoisGet your head round even a few of this hugecast of characters and your travels aroundFrance will take on a whole new dimension.Slow Down And Enjoy The Viewwww.loirebrakes.comPromenade des Anglais, Nice © Milos Ruzicka via CanvaThe Good LifeFrance podcastEverything you want to know aboutFrance and more...thegoodlifefrance.comOn Amazon & all good book shops88 | The Good Life France The Good Life France | 89