WOWW! Tour of Béhuard, France in the Loire Valley

This is Béhuard which is one of France's Petites Cités de Caractère. France has several designations like this that classify some of its most beautiful places, and here in the Loire Valley, on an island in the Loire River is the tiny 120-person village of Béhuard. I'm going to show you around, tell you more about this place and maybe you'll see why France really is one of the most gorgeous places in the world.
The French take the recognition of their beautiful towns and villages seriously. The Petites Cités de Caractère designation has been around since the 1970s and it's a label for very small towns and villages of fewer than 6,000 people. The villages selected meet specific criteria and pledge to protect and promote their historical, architectural, and cultural heritage.
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France is another one of these labels and has been around since 1991. There's a whole selection process with criteria as well. There's even a TV show called Le Village Préféré des Français where several candidates are shown and then the public votes on their favorite petit village. It's been going now for 10 or 11 seasons!
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[@geoffpm]

Always enjoy your episodes. I don’t know how to describe this but my wife and I rode our bikes from Paris to MontSt Michel and then all of Brittany and down to Biarritz and across the Pyrenees to Perpignan and then to Marseille, !981 4 months. Camped every night, Ate at only local places and realized that we could be together for a long time Every village had.a character of its own . And we are 42 yrs later still together and about to spend a few months in La Palme, Languedoc and Eygalieres in Provence with my family and will explore every village .

[@punditgi]

France is indeed charming and beautiful as I lived there many years ago. Come to think of it, so is Diane! 😊 Vive la France et vive Diane. 🇫🇷

[@francoisb.4453]

I love Béhuard! I had my first communion there (a million years ago...) There are so many cute villages by the Loire around Saumur as well (Montsoreau, Candes Saint-Martin, etc...)

[@charleshamilton9274]

More, more, I say. These truly charming places to live/visit/preserve remind us of what beauty truly is. You are living a life many of us, myself included, can only dream of…🇫🇷

[@geoff1971]

Thank you Diane for showing us this amazing part of france, enjoyed every second of it 😂.

[@OuiInFrance]

You're welcome!

[@mariebambelle7361]

I know you live un Maine et Loire like me but I'm still surprised in each video : "mais c'est tout près de chez moi !!". I'd be so pleased to meet you some day ! I love Behuard too. Great video.

[@femalism1715]

Beautiful - so picturesque!

[@OuiInFrance]

It really is!

[@J0HN_D03]

*Wonderful, so charming...when people coming from abroad decide to settle in small cities rather than Paris, Lyon or Marseille... it's a shame for us, French people, who struggle to leave these big cities. Your quality of life must be really better.* 🥰👍🏼

[@mdkinfrance]

Yay! I used to live in Savennières and was within walking distance of Béhuard. Used to love going for walks there. ♡

[@OuiInFrance]

Such a great place to walk!

[@michaelwhite2600]

Such a beautiful place! I love every minute of this video. Thank you Diane! ❤

[@MaggieStuart-mq1cg]

I really enjoyed this video. I hope you do more like this!

[@OuiInFrance]

Check out my playlist titled "walks in French towns." I've done a whole bunch!

[@lorimondragon4559]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[@OuiInFrance]

Sounds like an amazing trip!

[@peppertree8244]

Soooo love it. Thanks for sharing!

[@evelyngrammar]

Such a sweet place!

[@moorete75219]

Beautiful, Diane! Thank you for giving us the tour!

[@OuiInFrance]

You are so welcome!

[@jml4774]

Great video Diane. This looks like a lovely village. We stayed with friends in Beaugency, also on the Loire, and it was similar. Small, quaint, and delicious at every turn. Please consider doing a video about pools and pool clubs in France. My husband and I are staying in Nice for Feb and March 2024 and want to find a pool for exercise. I've read some interesting things, very different from the US...coed changing rooms for example. One woman said that a gentleman right next to her pulled the waistband of his trunks out so water from the communal shower tap could wash his, ahem...stuff...lol. I would have died! I would not know if it was normal or if he was a pervert. I think it may be a minefield.

[@OuiInFrance]

Oooh that one could go either way... would need more info

[@jfrancobelge]

"a gentleman right next to her pulled the waistband of his trunks out so water from the communal shower tap could wash his, ahem...stuff". In France like everywhere else, decent people don't do that.

[@gatekiller]

Loved this video, Diane! 😍 Would love to see more places hosted by you. 😊😊😊

[@OuiInFrance]

So glad you enjoyed it! For now, check out some of my older walks if you scroll back to my videos from before the pandemic. I did some fun live walks ;-)

[@celesteg5984]

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@azizpunkmetal]

Nice video, congratulations ! J'ai hâte de voir celles que tu pourrais faire sur Orléans ou Montargis, par exemple...

[@emmanuellegd4515]

More pretty places, please. Mine is Monpazier, a medieval bastide in the Dordogne. Charming, quiet and peaceful. 🌟

[@OuiInFrance]

I'll have to look that village up! If you have time, check out some of my older live walks on the channel. I've done La Rochelle, Angers, and a bunch more!

[@gerona48]

I hear you, Diane. I hate summer as well. 😉

[@BIRGITTAQF]

So beautiful, long to go there. ❤

[@OuiInFrance]

I hope you get to visit one day soon!

[@mfcq4987]

Dans le genre petit village plein de charme, connaissez-vous Grez-Neuville, sur la Mayenne, à 20 km au nord-ouest d'Angers ? C'est vrai que Béhuard a un cachet très particulier, blotti sur son île...

[@sparklie962]

Lovely! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful place with us. I really enjoyed learning about your favourite wine too!

[@OuiInFrance]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@susanbartone1347]

Ooh la la! SO BEAUTIFUL! Thank you! I am like you- I hate hot humid weather! 60-70 degrees is perfect!

[@davidskalak2908]

Diane, enjoyed this tour so much! Having lived in both the southwest and in Provence, I still feel that the charm of that section of the Loire Valley beats them both for me. It sure is disconcerting though to see the river so low.

[@buddyneher9359]

Si charmant! Et 22 C, c'est parfait!

[@HobbiesHobo]

Very nice, thank you for sharing this. Greetings from Canada's west coast. Mike.🙂

[@Cloud-Arts]

So nice! And I didn't know you live in Maine et Loire, I'm actually planning to move to that area next year. It would be nice to see more of these kinds of videos if you ever have time. Have a great week and stay well 🌻

[@JD987abc]

Merci Diane. So good to see you again. What a lovely little town. I’ll be arriving in Paris on September 14, 2023, spending 5 days in Saint Malo followed by 5 days in Angers arriving September 24. It would be lovely if I would be able to meet Tom and You. A bientot. Josef.

[@OuiInFrance]

What a great trip that'll be. Definitely email me!

[@mikhil6686]

very nice thank you.

[@OuiInFrance]

you're welcome!

[@gordonwallin2368]

Cheers from the Paific West Coast of Canada.

[@OuiInFrance]

Thx for watching!

[@dcastiglione4672]

Royan its really beautyfull City Je conseille 😉

[@julienbee3467]

La Rochelle looks even better

[@dcastiglione4672]

@@julienbee3467 overpriced for me sorry.

[@donnawoodward3163]

So is there a drought going on? Why is the river so incredibly low? It reminds me of where I live in Southern California seeing reservoirs, lakes and rivers incredibly reduced in water volume.

[@OuiInFrance]

There was a winter drought and with not a ton of rain and hot weather, it's just gotten worse. It's definitely seeing the effects of climate change.