Small-Group Day Tour of Loire Valley: Villandry, Chinon and Langeais with Wine Tasting from Tours
Tours, France
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Trip Type: Wine Tasting & Winery Tours
Duration: 9 hours
Enjoy a small group tour in the heart of the Royal Valley: tour three of the major chateaux of the region and taste some of the excellent local wines. Today, you will discover the Castle of Chinon, the Medieval Fortress of Langeais, the Gardens of Villandry, a piece of French art, and have lunch at a winery.
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Enjoy a small group tour in the heart of the Royal Valley: tour three of the major chateaux of the region and taste some of the excellent local wines. Today, you will discover the Castle of Chinon, the Medieval Fortress of Langeais, the Gardens of Villandry, a piece of French art, and have lunch at a winery.You meet your driver-guide at the meeting point. Transportation in a comfortable and full option 8-seats minivan.
You will start your day with a guided tour of the Castle of Chinon.
The fortress was built in a remarkable place, standing on a defended spur overlooking the Vienne River and guarding the borders of Anjou and Poitou. Discover with your guide the famous history of Joan of Arc and Charles VIIth!
The fortress of Chinon is a combination between a major historical site and a very modern museography : increased reality systems, videos, interactive guide booklets, sonorous benches…
Then, enjoy a tour, wine tasting (Bourgueil or Chinon wines) and lunch at a family estate or at a traditional restaurant with fresh local products. A true authentic moment.
After lunch, guided tour of Langeais Fortress. Best reconstitution of everyday life in the Middle Ages, the royal castle of Langeais, built under king Louis XI, was the scene of the wedding of king Charles VIII and Ann of Brittany. In the spectacular banquet and wedding halls, you will discover amazing original sets of tapestries and furniture.
Guided tour of one of the most spectacular gardens of Touraine, Villandry. The castle of Villandry, finished in 1536, is the last of the large castles to have been built on the banks of the Loire during the Renaissance. It offers of one of the most spectacular gardens of the Loire Valley. With its Renaissance, vegetable, water and herb gardens, it is definitely a must see. Long avenues of linden trees which structure the four levels of the garden, delicate silhouettes of yew trees in the topiary style, vegetables and flowers, scents and savours, calmness and energy, tranquillity and effervescence…
Around 6:30pm, your guide will drive you back to Tours Tourist Office.
You will start your day with a guided tour of the Castle of Chinon.
The fortress was built in a remarkable place, standing on a defended spur overlooking the Vienne River and guarding the borders of Anjou and Poitou. Discover with your guide the famous history of Joan of Arc and Charles VIIth!
The fortress of Chinon is a combination between a major historical site and a very modern museography : increased reality systems, videos, interactive guide booklets, sonorous benches…
Then, enjoy a tour, wine tasting (Bourgueil or Chinon wines) and lunch at a family estate or at a traditional restaurant with fresh local products. A true authentic moment.
After lunch, guided tour of Langeais Fortress. Best reconstitution of everyday life in the Middle Ages, the royal castle of Langeais, built under king Louis XI, was the scene of the wedding of king Charles VIII and Ann of Brittany. In the spectacular banquet and wedding halls, you will discover amazing original sets of tapestries and furniture.
Guided tour of one of the most spectacular gardens of Touraine, Villandry. The castle of Villandry, finished in 1536, is the last of the large castles to have been built on the banks of the Loire during the Renaissance. It offers of one of the most spectacular gardens of the Loire Valley. With its Renaissance, vegetable, water and herb gardens, it is definitely a must see. Long avenues of linden trees which structure the four levels of the garden, delicate silhouettes of yew trees in the topiary style, vegetables and flowers, scents and savours, calmness and energy, tranquillity and effervescence…
Around 6:30pm, your guide will drive you back to Tours Tourist Office.
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