Impressive buildings and beautiful grounds await in the Loire Valley, Dordogne, and Alsace at these 8 beautiful French castles you can visit on your next trip to France.

This aerial photograph taken on March 27, 2024 shows the Chateau de Montsegur, a 13th century mountain-top castle in the Ariege department of southwestern France. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP ...

Professor Robert Bartlett travels to western France, to see the castle where Princess Matilda of England came to be married to Geoffrey of Anjou in 1128, founding the 300 year long Plantaganet ...