Bourges, France Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

BOURGES , the chief town of the rather bland region of Berry, is some way from the Loire valley proper but linked to it historically. The miserable Dauphin (later Charles VII), mockingly dubbed "King of Bourges" by the English, retreated to the city after Henry V's victory at Agincourt had put all of northern France under English control. The presence of one of the finest Gothic cathedrals in France, rising gloriously out of the unpretentious and handsome medieval quarter, provides reason enough for making a detour, but the city also offers an impressive mansion belonging to the Dauphin's … more »