Where to Live, How Life Feels, and the Areas Expats Choose Most The  Loire Valley  has long been one of France’s most quietly desirable regions. Less flashy than the Côte d’Azur and less tourist-heavy than parts of the Dordogne , it offers something many movers are really looking for:  a balanced, sustainable French life . Stretching roughly from Orléans in the east to Angers and Saumur in the west, the Loire Valley combines historic towns, elegant villages, vineyard landscap