Timid reopening for France’s Loire Valley chateaus | Malay Mail

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CHENONCEAUX, May 31 — Staff far outnumbered visitors to the elegant Chenonceau castle in France’s Loire Valley as it reopened yesterday with meticulously prepared safeguards against the coronavirus. The Renaissance jewel, which in a normal year attracts upwards of a million visitors, could not...

Tourists visit the Castle of Chenonceau, in Chenonceaux, Central France June 13, 2019. — AFP pic

But reopening a few days early — the relaxation takes effect on Tuesday — gave the site a chance to test the precautions the staff have put in place, Darrasse noted. She and her 35-year-old husband Coenraad had the castle’s gallery spanning the Cher river — where Catherine de Medicis once threw sumptuous balls — all to themselves.

In the Renaissance town of Amboise, the Clos Luce, where Leonardo da Vinci spent the last three years of his life — the 500th anniversary of his death was last year — reopened on May 20.“We did all we could to reassure people” of the safety of visiting the imposing manor in the heights of the town, director Francois Saint Bris told AFP on Friday. “It’s intelligently done.”

“It will take off again,” he told AFP. “It’s a matter of priming the pump, kickstarting the machine.”

 

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