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Byline: Richard Alleman
ch,teau des rois
One of the Loire Valley's most historic ch,teaux and the setting for the 1952 Gina Lollobrigida swashbuckler Fanfan la Tulipe, this pre-Renaissance beauty has nine bedrooms, a Salon des Curiosites, sixteenth-century paintings, a pool, and acres of gardens (some of the most important in France). Alas, you must share them with the public by day-noblesse oblige. Rates are $55,000 per week for up to eighteen people; contact: Homes Away at (800) 374-6637; homesaway.com.
who slept here: Joan of Arc.
secret spot: The aphrodisiac garden.
house specialty: Tarte tatin.
daily activities: Riding, ch,teaux-hopping, wine-tasting, hot-air ballooning.