Loiret Attractions & Sightseeing

Rue Dupanloup, Orléans, , Loiret

In the summer months, this area is a popular retreat and an oasis of calm because it is shielded from the noise of traffic and people by a series of mature trees and hedgerows that flank the major edges of the park and gardens area.

51 Rue Royale, Orléans, , Loiret

Orléans has always been famous for producing some of the finest chocolate in the country and therefore some of the best in the world. This fine little chocolate shop is of great historic importance because it was the preferred chocolate provider of the French monarchy in the days before the revolution.

1 Rue Fernand Rabier, Orleans, , Loiret

This impressive city art gallery has a large collection of paintings that have been collected from a period of about five hundred years. The main focus of the exhibitions which are housed in a series of grand rooms, are to show the change and styles of the French and major European artists from the 15th Century to today.

Rue Charles Thers, Orleans, , Loiret

here are artefacts on display that date back many thousands of years and are used to tell the colourful story of the foundations of Orleans and the way the culture and people have changed and developed from a primitive settlement to one of the more advanced communities in France.

Place de l’Etape, Orléans, , Loiret

Jacques Groslot, one of the more famous men to have been associated with the administration of the city in Orléans, had this house built for him and his family in 1550. One of the more beautiful examples of regional architecture, his family lived in the house until the late 1700s.

Rue du Carmes, Orleans, , Loiret

This reconstruction of the 15th Century house is made of wood like the original. The house has within it a fine museum and exhibition dedicated to the life and works of the young warrior and martyr.

Place du Matrroi, Orléans, , Loiret

Joan of Arc died at the age of seventeen in Rouen, after a thoroughly fascinating career as a warrior, changing the face of France forever, socially, politically and religiously.

Rue Notre Dame de Recouvrance, Orléans, , Loiret

Situated close to the River Loire which flows through the centre of Orléans, this church is one of the finer pieces of ecclesiastical architecture in the city.

Rue de la Tour, Orléans, , Loiret

However, the area around this street are some of the most historic in Orléans and no one can deny the importance of the area to the growth of the town as it is nearby that the Eiffel workshops were based, associated of course with the designer of the Eiffel Tower.

Place St. Croix, Orleans, , Loiret

This flamboyant Gothic cathedral at the heart of Orléans is definitely one of the most impressive buildings in the city. It was built under the orders of Henri IV and took several decades of hard work to design in the 1600s.