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Discovering
the Loire Valley Chateaux
2 DAYS / 1 NIGHT |
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PROGRAMME
DAY 1
Arrival in Tours in the morning. Setting up at your 2 or 3 or 4 star hotel or bed and
breakfast in the city centre of Tours. |
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During the morning :
Departure to Vouvray with your car, small village built at the foot of the
cliff where cave dwellings are dug in the rock. It is also the Vouvray wine area, famous
for its white wine from the IV th century, during which Saint Martin introduced the
vineyards. Guided tour of the "Cave des producteurs de Vouvray" and tasting.
Located in the heart of the Vouvray vineyards, this wine cellar groups together 50 wine
producers attached to their land, traditions and quality. The wines are strictly selected
and bottled, are aging inside the cellars, galleries dug into the rock which are more than
2 kilometres long. Deep inside those cellars, you will be told the secrets of the making
of the sparkling and still wines.
Lunch on your own
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Visit on your own the GARDENS OF VILLANDRY
They surround like, a jewellery box, the last great Early French Renaissance château
built on the banks of the Cher river (1536). |
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You will walk through one of the most beautiful gardens in
France distributed on three levels : the water garden, surrounded by a cloister made of
linden trees , the ornamental garden, displaying its "love", "music"
and herb gardens, the kitchen garden, over 12,500 m2, which reproduces the shape of an
authentic multicoloured checkerboard divided in nine squares where vegetables and fruit
trees are symmetrically planted.
Back to Tours at the end of the afternoon.
8:00 pm
Dinner in a city centre restaurant of Tours. Accommodation at your 2 or 3 or 4
star hotel or bed and breakfast in the city centre of Tours. |
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DAY 2
Breakfast
Departure with your car
for a sightseeing of the Loire valley. You will visit 2 monuments on your own : |
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In the morning :
Sightseeing of the chateau of Chenonceau. Built in the XVIth c., it is
one of the purest Early French Renaissance style works. The square dwellings, built in the
riverbed itself on the piles of a fortified mill, the square building is the original
chateau. On the bridge built by Diane, rises The two-level gallery completed by Catherine
de Medicis. . You will discover the guardroom, the chapel, a superb 60 metres long gallery
above the Cher river, Diane de Poitier and François 1st rooms. In the upper levels, you
will admire the bedrooms of Gabrielle d'Estrees, Catherine de Medicis and Louise of
Lorraine… Settled inside the two piles of the former mill anchored in the Cher river
bed, the kitchens will reveal the art and ingenuity of the Renaissance builders. Not far
from the gardens of Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medicis, stands "La Galerie
des Dames de Chenonceau" settled in the former Royal stables. Here are told the
dreams, ambitions, the great projects and the destinies of those women who made the
history of the place. A walk in the French style gardens will provide a pleasant end to
your tour.
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In the afternoon :
Sightseeing of the chateau of Amboise. Built during the XVth and XVIth
centuries by Kings Charles VIIIth, Louis XIIth and François 1st, Amboise was
really the first royal residence. You will discover its French Gothic and Renaissance
architectural styles. Today, the chateau still owns an exceptional collection of
furniture, beautifully preserved. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci is
buried inside the St Hubert chapel, built during the XVth century in the Flamboyant Gothic
style. From the gardens, overlooking, the town of Amboise, you will discover one of the
most beautiful panoramas of the Loire valley. |
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services |
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| Price per person
in a double room : |
| 2
star hotel |
93,00
Eur |
| 3
star hotel |
123,00
Eur |
| 4
star hotel |
163,00
Eur |
| Guest
Room |
93,00
Eur |
| Extra charge for
single room : |
| 2
star hotel |
30,00
Eur |
| 3
star hotel |
50,00
Eur |
| 4
star hotel |
69,00
Eur |
| Guest
Room |
30,00
Eur |
| Price per
person for extra night with half board : |
| 2
star hotel |
67,00
Eur |
| 3
star hotel |
97,00
Eur |
| 4
star hotel |
137,00
Eur |
| Guest
Room |
65,00
Eur |
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The price includes : |
It does not include : |
Dinner (drinks not included) in a city centre restaurant of Tours, day 1
Accommodation (depending on your choice) in
Tours on the basis of one room for 2 people the first day.
The sightseeing of the wine cellar of
Vouvray and wine tasting
Entrances to the gardens of Villandry, day
1
Breakfast, day 2
Entrances to the châteaux of Chenonceau
and Amboise, day 2
Booking charges |
Lunches, days 1 and 2
Personal expenses
Guided tour of Tours. Extra charge 5.50
Euros (schedule available at the tourist office).
The pass to be able to visit the different
museums of Tours (extra charge : 7 € )
Transportation
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