Azay le Rideau, one of the successes of the Renaissance. Breakfast in the castle gardens. Several miles of bike and came to the river Indre, where vegetation surrounded by majestic castle stands this paradigm of the Renaissance. The river almost around the front of this fortress, is reflected in its waters in an almost symmetrical. Its history dates back to Roman times, and essential later in the Middle Ages, where he played a military role of surveillance over the Indre Valley. Balzac described this little gem as a "diamond cut" engrazado in the Indre. "Wrapped around a romance, where you can stroll through surrounding green areas, and watch a lady dressed for the occasion explained to pupils coming from remote places in France's history "Son of the devil", as nicknamed Rideau d'Azay to the feudal lord who owned the castle in the twelfth century.