Flight Destinations

There are more than 20 take off sites in the region. We fly hot air balloons in the Touraine region since 1999, so we know the region very well.  We will offer you the richest varicosity of launch sites in order to show you all the beauty of the castles and the landscapes of Loire Valley.

The exact take off place depends on your wishes and certain weather conditions (wind speed and direction), but it will be one of these shown below.

• Amboise
  Amboise – C'est la ville du style à Italien et l'une des plus belles villes de la Vallée de la Loire. Vous profiterez d'une seperbe vue du Château d'Amboise, le château royal, le Clos-Lucé (où Léonard de Vinci a passé ses derniers jours), la Pagode de Chanteloup et les fantastiques vues sur le fleuve durant un vol en montgolfière...
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• Azay-le-Rideau
  Azay-le-Rideau – has a magnificent Renaissance château, built on an island and partly surrounded by a moat. It is a building of great charm and elegance, erected between 1518 and 1529 by a financier who later had to flee the country and died in exile. It is now the property of the State and one of the most visited places in Loire valley…
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• Brou
  Brou- the authentic 15th century château is hidden in a 100-hectare park. Once inside, guests can discover this beautiful hotel, which combines a subtle mixture of the past and present, an oasis of poetry, calm, and luxurious comfort. The terroir cuisine mixes tradition and innovation, with a romantic setting that is perfect for a candlelit dinner...
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• Champigny-sur-Veude
  Remains of the Bourbon Castle, the holy chapel is home to remarkable stained glass windows of Renaissance period. Chateau du Rivau (just 4 km from Champigny sur Veude) with its majestic keep and its protective drawbridge, seems to come straight out of a fairy tale. The castle’s gardens were directly inspired by medieval tales and folklore…
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• Chenonceau
  Chateau de Chenonceau is the second most visited chateau in France behind the Royal Palace of Versailles in Versailles. The Castle was originally built in the early 1400s as a fortified residence. It is located in the middle of the river Cher, this made it easy to defend during times of war…
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• Chinon
  Chinon - it was in Chinon’s remarkable medieval fortress that Joan of Arc recognised a disguised Charles VII as the future king of France. Leaving its walls, the quaysides of the River Vienne lead to the medieval alleyways of Old Chinon, where visitors will be enchanted by the spirit of Rabelais and the renowned local wine…
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• Cormery
  Abbey of Cormery was founded by a small group of Benedictine monks in 791 and became extremely prosperous in the late 15th century. From 1791 onwards, the abbey was broken up into lots and auctioned...
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• Luynes
  A 12th century fortress, still inhabited and furnished, the chateau of Luynes has survived the centuries thanks to the great families who had known how to entice Kings such as Louis XI and Louis XIII to this estate abounding in game. The gardens and magnificent panorama over the Loire Valley add inexpressible charm to this family residence unique in Touraine.
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• L’ile Bouchard
  L'ile Bouchard – in 1483 the king Louis II began the construction of the Saint-Maurice church, remarkable for its elegant bell tower. The choir of St. Giles Church dates from the same era. In 1493 the king Charles VIII came twice "in his beautiful city of L’ile-Bouchard". Finally, the mysterious castle of the Temple is best visible from the sky, flying in hot air balloon...
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• Montbazon
  the origin of Montbazon is at the time Gallo-Roman, the rock mount which was to belong thereafter to certain Bazon was already a strengthened site. The castle of Montbazon whose remainders are visible our days, was built to start from 991 by Foulques Nerra the turbulent one and terrible Count d' Anjou. This castle was without any doubt one of the first castle in France…
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• Richelieu
  because of its design as the "ideal city" of the seventeenth century, the town is the subject of protective measures for its architecture. The village was built at the order of Cardinal Richelieu, who had spent his youth there and bought the village of his ancestors. Although château de Richelieu was destroyed, it still has an unique architecture and gardens…
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• Rigny-Usse
  The Château of Ussé, the most romantic and fanciful of all the Loire Châteaux, is said to have given Charles Perrault, the 17th C writer of fairytales, the idea of the castle of the Sleeping Beauty. The Château (which is in private ownership) was built in stages between the 15th and 17th centuries, and shows a mingling of Late Gothic and Renaissance features. The rooms open to the public contain old furniture, tapestries and weapons. In the park is a chapel in pure Renaissance style, built between 1520 and 1583…
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• Sache
  the Château de Saché is a stately home built from the converted remains of a feudal castle. It is situated in Saché, Indre-et-Loire, the heart of the French Touraine, in the valley of the river Indre. It was here, between 1830 and 1837, that the French writer Honoré de Balzac wrote some of his finest works in the series La Comédie Humaine, comprising nearly 90 novels, in which he attempted to reflect every aspect of French society at that time…
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• Sainte Maure de Touraine
  South door of the Touraine, Sainte Maure is a city of famous goat cheese. You can see a covered market, a castle, rebuilt in the XV century on the ruins of Foulques Nerra’s fortress, a church of neogothic style, a crypt, and old church of Saint Mesmin and some other places of interest…

• Saumur
  is a small historical town in the French region of Pays de la Loire, site of a dramatically situated château and the heart of its own world-renowned wine district. Saumur has one of the finest of the Loire Châteaux, built in the 14th century on a hill high above the Loire. Hot air balloon flight over Saumur is one of top 10 things to do here…
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• Villandry
  is one of the top tourist attractions in France. Chateau de Villandry is a Renaissance Castle built in 1536. The castle is well known among tourists for its gardens which were added in 1906 when Dr. Joachim Carvallo purchased the property. Laid out over four terraces, Villandry’s gardens are the epitome of Renaissance architectural convention…
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