Parc de Richelieu

Could be so much better

It’s a walk between trees with some water and an island where the chateau used to be, but it strains the definition of a park and that’s it! When you enter you can see there used to be a cafe or somet...

Off the beaten track

Everybody has heard about the Loire château but they won't necessarily have heard of this great-aunt, albeit he was a cardinal. The park is magnificent and was deserted on the bank holiday we chose. ...

Beautiful park, a shame it opens so late

What a beautiful park. Such a shame the gates don't open until 8 a.m., and even then they were late opening when we were there.

Perfect

Cardinal Richelieu created this perfect town to amuse himself, it is very nice, but it demonstrate the total abuse of the power that the Cardinal had.

Needs TLC

You have to use your imagination to recreate what this place must have looked and felt like in Richelieu's time, when he set up an administrative court in his new town. Sadly the palace itself was so...