Château de Chaumont

The castle of Chaumont is in a beautiful setting: with the Loire River below, and a magnificent park, plus a festival of gardens which you enter (around 9 euros for the Castle, 10 for the festival of gardens, 15 for a combined ticket). Chaumont castle is interesting for its history and architecture. It changed hands from a count to the king, and Queen Catherine de Medicis, before ending up being owned by Prince in the 19th century. An interesting site (although I always think that if you have already visited several castles the interiors always end up looking the same - so if you have already made