One of the Last Great Inhabited Loire Valley Castles: Exclusive Tour with the Owner.
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Published 2024-06-15
Nestled in the picturesque Loire Valley (Sarthe Department), Château du Lude stands as a testament to centuries of French history and architectural grandeur. In this special video, Barbara de Nicolaÿ, the château's owner, invites us on a unique journey through its majestic halls and hidden treasures.
🔍 What You'll See:
Grand Rooms: Explore the beautifully preserved rooms open to the public, adorned with exquisite art and furnishings reflecting the château’s rich legacy.
Secret Rooms: Gain rare access to private areas rarely seen by visitors, including secret rooms and hidden corridors that tell untold stories of the château.
Historical Insights: Learn fascinating details about the château's history, architecture, and the personal anecdotes from Barbara de Nicolaÿ's family heritage.
Architecture and Gardens: Discover the château from outside with its extraordinary facades (all different), park, garden and terrace.
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All Comments (21)
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If you prefer, you can watch the original French version with subtitles : https://youtu.be/W25TeZa6feU
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Incredible and the way Madame Barbara Nicolay explains everything is superb Bravo Madame
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This is her second video tour of the Château that I've seen. Both have been thorough and highly informative. Her knowledge of the Château and the surrounding gardens is quite impressive. The Château is magnificent, inside and out. How fantastic that it's still inhabited and lovingly maintained by her family. Merci, Madame! Merci beaucoup!
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This chateau is unbelievably beautiful. Thank you so much for this tour. I will surely visit on my next visit to France.
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Thank you for this translation! I am starting to become obsessive about the French chateau life, buying and reading books and subscribing to many YOUTUBE channels about it. The Chateau de Lude is magnificent and at the top of my visit ASAP list! Madame de Nicolay is such a brilliant wealth of knowledge. Merci encore pour cette belle visite.
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Thank you for the English version. This chateau is fantastic. I enjoyed learning its history. The tour was informative and well-organized.
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This is just a wonderful journey back in time ,thank you.
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Thank You For Sharing ! It definitely added an element of care, inspirational conveyed from your family's heritage! Magnificent!!
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Lovely, and wonderful that Madame Nicolay shared her extensive knowledge of her massive home. Thank you.
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Дуже красиве шато. Дякую вам за екскурсію ❤️
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Marvelous rooms, especially the Renaissance ones, and those ornate doors , wow. Loved this episode.
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My favorite part of the tour was Eduoard Andre and his Gravity-pressured watering system which not only provided garden irrigation but also supplies the kitchen and the laundry cistern. FASCINATING. Mme Barbara de Nicolay is so well-rounded in her knowledge and so generous to share all the history -- Thank you so much !
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What a wonderful tour of La Lude. We were able to tour this beautiful chateau last August so it was enjoyable to see the rooms we saw in person, as well as to see the rooms that were not included in the tour that day.
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😳 It's true that every time I discover a chateau thanks to you,I am impressed as they are all fantastic,but this time I am genuinely Lost for words! It's absolutely incredible. Majestic. I was watching with open mouth from start to end. I stopped,I zoomed different parts staring at details. Every cm of the chateau is extraordinary. The styles,details,those warm colours,the systems that she is explaining in different parts,the history...the library-O my God...the linen room,the dining room used every day,the bedrooms,the kitchen/ one of my favourite parts in every chateau/,those stunning stairs,floors,ceilings,original furnitures with the spirit of old times. The attention to detail and ornaments is beyond incredible. I am so impressed, I can't even organise my thoughts. It's so incredible to be able to see rooms and private rooms, that are usually not open for public,or just very rare as it was said. Those old clothes/dresses,the uniforms with colors of the chateaux are so rare to see. Countess Barbara de Nicolaÿ is remarkable! It was very generous of her, to open the doors of certain parts of the castle for us to see. Thank you,So Chateaux, for this amazing episode. From today, one of my dreams/plans is to visit Chateau du Lude!
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Magnificent building and interiors. Thank you for sharing.
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Very beautiful and interesting. Your family has done a great job for future generations. I hope they appreciate. 😊😊
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Breathtaking in its enormity and history. Thanks for this opportunity to see inside. 🎉
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Beautiful ❤ and this program is filled with an abundance of interesting facts and stories
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So beautiful!
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Very beautiful home. I just love it!
