Loire Valley Wine Tour in Chinon & Bourgueil: Full-Day Experience of Local Wineries and Tastings

Embark on a full-day wine tour in the enchanting Loire Valley, exploring the renowned wineries of Chinon and Bourgueil. Indulge in tastings of exquisite white and red wines, visit the charming town of Chinon, and savor local delicacies. Transportation included.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bourgueil - This Loire Valley wine tour will first take you to the town of Bourgueil. This charming small town is surrounded by vineyards producing wines typical from the valley.
    Your will visit a traditional winery, where you will learn about wine production from the grape to the bottle. After the tour, you will be able to taste different wines…
What's Included
  • Wine tastings
  • Driver/guide
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Lunch
  • Personal insurance and expenses
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Indulge in a day-long wine exploration journey in the renowned Loire Valley under the guidance of a versed local expert. This tour comprises two trips to local vineyards followed by samplings of locally produced white and red wines (charges included). When lunchtime rolls around, you’ll take a halt at Chinon, a charming town overlooked by its majestic…

Location
78 Rue Bernard Palissy
Rue Bernard Palissy
Meeting point in front of Tours Tourism office, 10 minutes before the departure time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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R933biwilliams
Sep 2, 2024
Amazing Tour & Great Guide - Highly Recommend! - Despite a delayed start to our tour due to rain, our guide Ilia was incredibly understanding of the circumstances and ensured my group made the most of our time. Both wineries were wonderful with great wine & very personal tasting experiences. The time to explore Chinon during lunch was also very much appreciated (made even better by great food recommendations from Ilia!). My group came away from this tour with a ton of new knowledge of wine and the region as a whole. Overall, this experience far surpassed my expectations & was one of the best days of our 10+ day Europe vacation. 10/10!
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Jaymiddleton99
Aug 31, 2024
Perfect way to see the Loire Valley Wine Regions - Ilia was the perfect tour guide, engaging, educational, charismatic, and fun! Our group of 6 are a bit newer to the wine scene and Ilia along with the employees of the two vineyards we visited went above and beyond to educate and entertain us. The star of the show besides Ilia was Truf the chateau cat at the second vineyard! We had a wonderful time and were shocked that the vineyards we visited were basically private to just us and we really got an in depth experience understanding the culture and the wine! I would recommend this tour to everyone I know!
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482faithb
Aug 30, 2024
Perfect tour fabulous guide - This was an absolutely excellent tour that I would HIGHLY recommend for anyone interested in Loire Valley wine production. Our guide was Ilya, who is a wine expert and passionate about this area. Having already done a number of wine tours, I can say that Ilya was the best we've had, and that's saying a lot. We visited two vineyards, each distinctive, and had an in-depth explanation of each vineyards approach to viticulture. Extensive wine tasting in each place also. For lunch we were on our own in Chinon. Ilya introduced us to various places so we could choose what suited us, which was perfect. All around this was the perfect day.
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334alyssaa
Jul 18, 2024
Amazing Winery and Chinon Experience - Absolutely fantastic tour. Very easy pickup right on time outside the Tours tourist center. Ilya was a fantastic host the entire time. We visited two lovely wineries and tasted more than a dozen wines (all absolutely delicious). Ilya went above and beyond, with great knowledge and entertaining tips. He gave several honest suggestions for lunch (which was free time in downtown Chinon). Highly recommend and would book a tour with Ilya again next time we are in the Loire Valley!
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Bernadette_c
Jul 18, 2023
Wonderful Tour! - This is one of the best tours I have been on! Our guide, Ilia, was very engaging and knowledgeable. As described, we went to two wineries and had the opportunity to tour and taste. We also had a wonderful lunch (per Ilia's recommendation) at L'Oceanic in the medieval city of Chinon. We learned much about the Loire Valley wines, and appellations. I highly recommend this tour!
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Van
May 9, 2017
Well, the tour description did say Cram... - <p>Well, the tour description did say Cram all the best bits of the Dordogne into one full-day tour, and cram is the right word. But we had one day and this tour did what we wanted. I would say that Explore the rural villages of Beynac and La Roque Gageac was a bit of an exaggeration as we drove through with a photo stop, but we were able to return on our own, knowing that we wanted to. Our guide, Marion, was knowledgeable, friendly and her English was excellent. If you have limited time, this is a good way to spend it. It covers Sarlat and Lascaux well and helps you to see what youd like to explore in more depth.</p>
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