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are the popular attractions of the
To allow our guests travel time to and from our accommodation, the tours begin late afternoon on your arrival day (you are welcome to arrive from 4.00pm) and finish after breakfast on your final day.
This
tour incorporates the favourite visits of our guests over recent years, and
includes a good mix of the best of the different places to visit in the area so
guests can experience the sights, sounds and tastes of the region. The
itinerary for this tour is as follows:
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Day 1 – arrival at our accommodation in the afternoon, where you will enjoy a welcome drink or afternoon tea.
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Day 2 – visit to Villandry – famous for its magnificent gardens (worth a visit at any time of the year) and Chinon with its medieval town centre and chateau, plus a visit to one of the following – Rigny Ussé chateau, Langeais chateau, Azay le Rideau chateau or les Goupilleres troglodyte village. There will also be a wine tasting visit (red and rosé wine) on this day.
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Day
3 – visit to
Fontevraud Abbey – burial place of Richard the Lionheart - plus the
historic riverside chateau town of
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Day
4 – departure
after a final breakfast (for 3 night tours). For our 4 night tour,
on your final day we will travel
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The
itinerary may change slightly to the above depending on the time of year of your
visit and the days of your tour – for example we will visit the market on the
days they take place locally!
Tour Your Way
In addition to this classic tour, we are also offering a Tailor Made tour – this is ideal for guests who have special interests (for example if you love gardens and would like to concentrate on visits to parks and chateaux locally famous for these) or if you have certain places/sights you would like to visit which are not part of our classic tour itinerary.
For
this tour we send you a short questionnaire once you have booked, asking for
your special interests and any places on your ‘must see’ list and put
together an itinerary based on your answers. We concentrate our tours in
an area roughly one hour’s drive from our base – so approximately anywhere
between
These
tailor made tours are available for a minimum of 4 guests and we will confirm
the exact price once we have finalised the itinerary.
Accommodation
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