Summary: * * * FOR MANY CENTURIES, THE LOIRE VALLEY WAS THE SETTING FOR THE FRENCH KINGS' ITINERANT CAPITAL, WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL CHATEAU SERVING AS COURT HEADQUARTERS DURING A DIFFERENT SEASON. AND IT WAS HERE, IN THE GARDEN SPOT OF FRANCE, THAT THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE WAS BORN. THIS BRILLIANTLY FILMED TOUR OF THE LAND AROUND THE LOIRE EXPLORES THE ROOMS AND GROUNDS OF FOURTEEN OF THE WORLD'S MOST ENCHANTED CASTLES: AMBOISE, ANGERS, CHAMBORD, BLOIS. * * * THE TOUR CONTINUES THROUGH SPLENDID GARDENS, LUXURIOUS INTERIORS OF MORE MARVELS OF GOTHIC AND RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE. * * *