3 Loire Valley Castles and Wine Tasting Private Guided Tour
Description
Dedicated to turning your travel wishes into reality, ensuring a personalized and seamless experience tailored to your preferences. We strive to accommodate special requests and make every journey unforgettable. Up your travel expectations. This tour combines 3 very famous chateaux of your choice in the Loire Valley, professional guide and driver will do everything possible and impossible to make your experience unforgettable. We are adapting to your wishes, and we offer skip the lines with the fast tickets. You will have Comfortable air-conditioned cars during the pick-up from the hotel or even the airport. There will be an interactive presentation during the time you're in the car.
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Itinerary
Visit the Château de Chambord. The Guide will tell you the history of the Castle and its construction. The Château de Chambord is one of the most popular castles because of its French Renaissance architecture. The building was constructed (1519–1547) by Francis I and is nowadays the biggest castle with its 440 rooms, 282 fireplaces and 84 staircases. The castle is also known because of its open double-spiral staircase. The two spirals ascend the three floors without ever meeting. Leonardo da Vinci may have designed the staircase.
Known as the lullaby of Kings and the final resting place of the greatest Renaissance master, Leonardo Da Vinci, Amboise is the grand royal residence of the French kings in the 15th-century and an example of the transition from Gothic to Renaissance architecture. The Histopad will explain you the castle's history and help you to travel in time!
Lunch Time! In the Amboise city you will find many restaurants and cafes. We can recommend some or make a reservation at a good restaurant.
Wine Tasting of minimum 7 wines at the local family winery existing since 1508. You will learn how the famous Loire Valley wines have been made over the centuries and have the wine tasting of the local wines with explanations. A visit to the wine cave is possible on request.
Chateau de Chenonceau is the most visited and photographed chateau of the Valley. It's often described as ‘the ladies castle’ as throughout its history it's them who have most influenced its design and destiny.
Discover the Loire Valley, visit its castles Chambord, Amboise, Chenoneau and learn about the intimate little secrets of the French Kings who once lived there. We bring you to a local historical wine producer for tasting at least 7 different wines.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(43)
The Tour-Up in Europe private guided tour from Paris was exceptional! The tour was just my wife and I. Our guide Maria was phenomenal! Maria shared Loire Valley, Chateaux and French history along with her personal insight from her art history and artist's background. She expertly guided us through each chateaux explaining all the details and answering any questions we had. Our driver "M" (Mohamed?) was exceptional too...front door pickup, chateaux entry point drop off & pickup, accommodating time management due to an evening dinner reservation back in Paris and of course great driving skills!
I really liked the experience. The guide was very knowledgeable. Can’t wait to see more castles in the Loire Valley!
This was an excellent tour, and much of that is thanks to Nataly. She is a highly knowledgeable and professional guide who presents information clearly and thoughtfully. Her engaging style made the experience both informative and enjoyable. The tour was well-paced, well-organized, and very worthwhile overall. I would definitely recommend it to others!
We spent the New Year’s holiday in France and this company helped us organizing a marvelous day trip to the Loire Valley. Extraordinary! All our family were very happy. Recommend! P. S. The decorations for the Christmas were fantastic at each castle.
They organised a perfect honey moon trip for us around the Loire Valley We enjoyed Elena the guide who is also the photographer We felt very taken care of Really recommend to habeba trio with this company especially if yoi have out of the ordinary request!
Excellent day tour! … Our tour was absolutely wonderful! We visited Châteaux de Chambord and Chenonceau with a delicious lunch stop in Amboise and Nathalie , our guide, did tell us some interesting stories.
Nataly was a joy and knowledgeable and vehicle very comfortable. It was a full day and would recommend without reservation.
This was a very full and slightly long day but we saw so much! It was really wonderful. Our guide, Daniel, and driver, Alex, were excellent.
First, the tour company had great communication through Viator messages several days out and the day before our trip - makes everything easier. Second, this trip was FANTASTIC! It is a long day excursion, but well worth it (plan for 12 hours). Marie (our wonderful guide) and Alex (our intrepid driver) picked us up from our hotel in the 15th near Trocadero at 7:30 a.m. in a roomy and new E Class Mercedes sedan. We were then quickly headed out of Paris with Marie previewing our trip and providing details on the first chateau, Chambord. Once we arrived, Marie coordinated entry and gave a thorough but swift tour, with as much time as we could afford to keep the itinerary. She took pictures of us in great spots and suggested where those would be along the way while educating us on the castle. (She was very accommodating with taking pics everywhere during our trip). Then she and Alex took us to Amboise where we had lunch reservations ready for us in an excellent bistro. She and Alex joined us for a quick lunch at our invitation and were great company throughout the trip. Afterwards, Marie gave us a full tour of Chateau Amboise, which was like Chambord, also a palace of the French Kings. The history at Amboise was deep and Marie knew everything about the castle and it many residents over the years. We needed the tour of Amboise by visiting the gardens and chapel, with Leonardo DaVinci’s tomb. We then were off to Chenonceau, which was spectacular. Weather was just cool enough to allow for being able to walk the large grounds and have a full tour of the castle without getting warm, so we were really able to enjoy everything about the estate. Finally, we headed off to a Loire Valley winery where we were afforded ample tastings and picked up some wonderful whites and roses, along with a little time to refresh before the drive back to Paris. Those who want to have more time to explore each chateau or wander the Valley area may want to ask the tour company for only a two castle tour, but for us, we would not have wanted to miss any of them. Just means we have more to explore when we return. Marie and Alex were among the best guides and drivers we had in Paris! We enjoyed our time with them, and they also allowed us time to talk quietly in the back and nap along the trips out and back to Paris. Really, great tour and company - will only use them again for our excursions in France.
Castles were interesting. The guide wasn't very knowledgeable. We nice person but wasn't really providing any useful information (basically reading off google). The wine tasting was standing at the bar of a small winery and not at all what was expected for the cost of the trip. I would look at other tour companies for the price of this trip.
