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Registered Guide, Entrance Fees.
3 days of tours & 2 Nights in 4* hotel in the heart of Tours.
Available from April 19th to October 30th
Day Tours available from Monday to Saturday, NO Day Tours on Sundays.
Blois, Cheverny et Chambord : Monday & Thursday
Pick-up is at 8:50 AM at your hotel**** or 9:00 AM at the Tourist Office in Tours.
Drop-off is at 5:40 PM at your hotel****, dinner at your leisure, or at 5.30 PM at Tours Tourist Office
Chenonceau, Royal Castle of Amboise and Clos Lucé: Tuesday & Friday
Pick-up is at 8:50 AM at your hotel**** in Tours, or at 9:00 AM at the Tours Tourist Office
Drop-off is at 5:40 PM at your hotel****, dinner at your leisure, or at 5:30 PM at Tours Tourist Office
Azay le Rideau, Langeais, Villandry: Wednesday & Saturday
Pick-up is at 9:40 AM at your hotel** or at 9:30 AM at the Tours Tourist Office
Guided tour of the Chateau of Azay le Rideau
This is one of the purest gems of Renaissance architecture in the Loire Valley. Financer Gilles Berthelot’s Chateau, delicately placed on an island on the Indre river, still shines today thanks to the lightness and balance of its mullions, pepper pots, dormers and above all its graceful staircase.
We will not forget to admire the Chateau under every angle with a stroll around the English-style garden, a jewel-case of greenness in what is now considered one of the most beautiful stone diamonds in the Touraine.
Drop-off is at 5:40 PM at your hotel****, dinner at your leisure, or 5.30 PM at Tours Tourist Office
YOUR HOTEL IN TOURS FOR 2 NIGHTS
Check in at your hotel**** l'Univers - double occupancy
Your hotel is set in a fashionable shopping area one kilometre from the Old Town. This hotel has been the most prestigious address in Tours since 1846. Many notables of Europe and the New World have stayed here. The celebrated portrait gallery only underlines its rich and historic past, while continuing to offer all the comfort of a grand hotel established in the best traditions of hospitality and elegance “à la Française”.
Hotel may change according to availability. If a room here is unavailable, we will offer a parallel alternative with the same high standards.
Discover the area known as "Old Tours" with pedestrian-only streets and numerous 15th and 16th Century timber-framed houses, the famous place Plumereau, Charlemagne Tower, Saint-Martin Collegiate Church, and the new Saint-Martin Basilica.
Walk the fabulous market in Tours, the largest food market in the Loire Valley. An open market on Wednesdays and Saturdays and a covered one every day.
Discover our wines, cheeses, sumptuous fruits, vegetables, the local meat dishes (charcuterie) and fresh fish.
Tours is the largest city in the Loire Valley and is its capital. Located in the heart of the region, it's the ideal base for sightseeing. Historically and architecturally speaking it is an essential cradle of the French Renaissance.
Loire Valley Day Tours from Paris (save time and money with the TGV).
Tours being only 70 minutes away from Paris by TGV, here is our train time table recommendation.
From Paris to Tours : to be advised shortly
From Tours return to Paris : to be advised shortly
Transportation in a comfortable, fully appointed minivan, an English-speaking guide, entrance tickets for the Chateaux of Chenonceau, Amboise, Clos Lucé, Blois, Chambord, Cheverny, Azay Le Rideau, Langeais and Villandry gardens, visits and tastings at the wine caves (Vouvray, Cheverny, Chinon or Bourgueil), two nights double-occupancy in the hotel**** with breakfasts and taxes included. A maximum of 8 passengers per vehicle.
Personal expenses, extra drinks, lunches, dinners, or other meals and gratuities.
Duration of the tour | 3 days |
Type of travel | Small group |
Language | We authorize a maximum of 2 different languages per minivan. In that case, your guide will lead the tour in 2 languages. |
Hotel address | Hôtel de l’Univers**** - 5 Boulevard Heurteloup, 37000 Tours, France (+33 2 47 05 37 12) |
Minivan | Semi private or private tour. The transportation of this excursion is operated in a comfortable full options minibus. Maximum 8 passengers per minibus. |
Guide | Semi private or private tour. This tour is escorted by an official Guide Interpreter. The guide gives you a tour of the monuments and presents you the history and architecture of the visited sites and towns. |
Chateau | The tour includes the tickets to the Chateaux mentioned in the tour. You avoid all queues and have direct access to the monuments with your guide. |
Types of travel | Small group packages |
Destinations | Loire Valley |
Duration | 3 days |
Expert on customized private tours all over France since 2003 !
You like this tour but you do not want to share the minivan with other guests ? We have the perfect fit for you ! Enjoy this tour on a private basis !
Our guides will not give you a lecture but will take you as a friend and in a relaxed way, reveal plenty of anecdotes ! The guarantee of having a tour completely adapted to your profile, your questions and your preferences !
Amazing holiday
Bonjour,
Last week, my mother, sister and I had the amazing holiday during our tour of the Loire Valley.
I would like to personally write to the agency to bring to attention how wonderful our guide Veronique Villalba was.
We started the tour as soon we arrived in Tours - after waking up at 5am to catch the train from Paris - yet because of Veronique's passion and enthusiasm, we were able to forget about our tiredness and focus on nothing but the fantastic castles.
I especially liked how at each castle Veronique made sure that we had free time to wander around and really absorb the grandeur and beauty the castle had to offer. This was only possible due to her amazing schedule and time management - as she was always on time! I would also like to add that she went the extra mile to give us extra information about each castle, their layout and the history of the French royals. Having studied history, my sister and I both found this very interesting.
Overall, Veronique really made our experience a great one and we all enjoyed her company.
I would like to thank the agency for giving us such an amazing guide, and because of this I will be sure to not only recommend the tour to friends, but will likely be taking another tour by France Intense the next time I am in France.
Merci beaucoup!
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Beautiful tour and guides
Loire Valley Super stay Comfort, 3 Day Tours and 2 nights in 4* hotel in Tours. My daughter and I took this tour a few weeks ago, this tour was the highlight of our holiday in France. Our guides Audrey and Vincent were wonderful, we really enjoyed learning so much history of France and had so much fun. We would both highly recommend these tours and guides.
Kim and Clare from Australia