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Loire Valley Day Tour: Chateaux of Chenonceau and Chambord, with Vouvray Wine Tasting
4.6
115 Ratings
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Take a 9-hour excursion in a small group through the Loire Valley. A professional guide will escort you to the region’s two most renowned castles, Chenonceau and Chambord, in a cozy, air-conditioned minivan. Following that, savor excellent wines like Vouvray at Caves Ambacia.
Take a 9-hour excursion in a small group through the Loire Valley. A professional guide will escort you to the region’s two most renowned castles, Chenonceau and Chambord, in a cozy, air-conditioned minivan. Following that, savor excellent wines like Vouvray at Caves Ambacia.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Chateau de Chenonceau - The Chateau of Chenonceau is the most visited castle in the Loire Valley. It is unique for many reasons. It is nicknamed “the ladies chateau” because Its owners had only been women. It has gorgeous Renaissance gardens. It is set like a bridge across the Cher River.
- Caves Ambacia - You will enjoy a guided tou and wine…
- Chateau de Chenonceau - The Chateau of Chenonceau is the most visited castle in the Loire Valley. It is unique for many reasons. It is nicknamed “the ladies chateau” because Its owners had only been women. It has gorgeous Renaissance gardens. It is set like a bridge across the Cher River.
- Caves Ambacia - You will enjoy a guided tou and wine tating at Caves Duhard where you will have a cheese and wine tasting in a limestone cave winery on white wines
- Chateau de Chambord - You will discover the Hunting lodge built by King Francois I, it is the largest chateau and the most spectacular piece of architecture. You will be impressed by its 426 rooms and its 282 fireplaces. Your tour guide will show and explain it’s mind blowing double helix staircase, probably a Leonardo da Vinci creation. The forest in which it is in is a national game reserve.
What's Included
- Guided visits following the itinerary
- Exclusive tour and wine tasting in English
- Expert driver-guide at your service
- Comfortable transport in an air-conditioned minivan
- Guided visits following the itinerary
- Exclusive tour and wine tasting in English
- Expert driver-guide at your service
- Comfortable transport in an air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Other drinks
- Lunch
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Other drinks
- Lunch
Additional Information
- Please note, the tour departs from the city of Tours and Amboise. If you are not staying in Tours or Amboise, you will have to book and pay for your own transport to get there, this is not included in the tour.
- Operated in English
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Comfortable shoes are recommended
- Children must be…
- Please note, the tour departs from the city of Tours and Amboise. If you are not staying in Tours or Amboise, you will have to book and pay for your own transport to get there, this is not included in the tour.
- Operated in English
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Comfortable shoes are recommended
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Tour and Wine tasting only in English
- The tour will finish at approximately 6pm in Tours and 6.30pm in Amboise.
- The tour departs from the local tourist offices at the indicated times, we will not be held responsible in case of delay from the guests.
- Not recommended for people with walking problems
Location
Tourist Office Tours Loire Valley
Rue Bernard Palissy
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(115 Ratings)
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Bradley_b
Sep 3, 2024
Awesome day tour of the Chateaux’s in the Loire Valley - The day tour of the Chateaux’s was perfect ! Marion, our Guide, was exceptional. She was patient, on time, knowledgeable and a good driver. The wine tasting was good fun and Thomas, our Sommelier was a real expert and kept the wine tasting interesting & entertaining. I highly recommend this tour when visiting the Loire Valley with limited time.
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Danielle_e
Jul 20, 2024
Charlene was great! - Charlene was a fantastic tour guide! She went above and beyond to make sure we had a great day even though we were severely jet lagged and fell asleep in the car multiple times. She knew lots of facts about the chateaus and it was a great decision to take this tour. Highly highly recommend
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Helen_r
Jul 6, 2024
Great full day of touring the Tours area - Such a great experience. Really loved the wine tasting in the cave. Chateau Chenonceau was our favorite.
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Tony_m
Jun 21, 2024
Chateaus and wine magfique - The was excellent covering 2 chateaus and a wine tasting with lunch and travel between that was a full day.
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Kate_m
Jun 16, 2024
Great day! - Lily was the best tour guide! So knowledgeable and accommodating throughout the whole tour. Great way to learn about the castles and the wine tour in the middle was incredible.
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Peter_k
May 21, 2024
Great tour - excellent wine tasting experience - Charlene, our tour guide, was informative, great company and very patient with my husband, who suffered from a bad back. The wine tasting was the best we ever had. Pascal gave a fabulous presentation with very interesting history, and rhe wine tasting was an education in itself. Each wine was appropriately paired with specific cheeses and meats and we had good introduction to "assessing" wines. The "smell" test before the tasting was a brilliant way to teach us how to identify aromas. This is a fantastic tour, not to be missed if you are only visiting the region for a couple.of days.
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Nhawran
May 6, 2024
Best two Chateaus in the Loire with wine! - I think this tour combined the two most popular Chateaus and a nice visit to a wine cave and tasting. Our guide had some good knowledge of some history but was a little shaky on some points i brought up. I think a guide should try to thoroughly learn not only her standard script but study a bit more to round out her presentation. It was an all day tour with a break for lunch in the perfect French town of Amboise .
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Daan_a
May 6, 2024
Perfect day out - We had an amazing day with miss Marie from France Intense, we visited Chateaux Chenonceau, Chateau Chambord and as an in between a very fine wine tasting and lunch at Caves Ambacia, miss Marie is very knowledgeable and brings it with a lot of enthusiasm and passion, it shows in her stories. Also the staff at the caves (hope you have Mr. Pascal who’s passion for his beautiful product really shows), made our day, we had an amazing day out. Even though the weather was a bit rainy, we loved every second and truly believe it is worth every penny. We went home with good memories, new knowledge, some amazing wines and best of all, a reason to come back and explore the beautiful region a bit more with this amazing company,
Thank you for a lovely day, et au revoir !
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Vicki_w
Jun 25, 2024
Not as good as we anticipated for $$$. - The wine tasting in the cave in Amboise was very good— we learned more than we expected. But the very nice young woman who was our guide provided minimal information about the area and did not seem interested in history. We were disappointed.
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Boel_l
Jun 19, 2024
Too much transport - Winetesting was good, but could have been done by meself as it was a separate guide.
Our guide was sweet but her guding was very poor an with an English hard to understand. Too much transport at too little time at the castles we visited.
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