On the TGV train, relax for an hour and admire thebeautiful countryside sceneryon your way to the town of Tours. When you arrive, your guide for the day will be waiting for you on the train platform.
You will start your visit atChateau de Villandry, a Renaissance jewel ranking high in French heritage. During the tour, your tour-leader will guide you through all the rooms of the chateau, with plenty of thrilling anecdotes. After that, enjoy a completediscoveryof Villandry gorgeous formal gardens. Your local expert will show you hidden corners from where you will get thebest views of this remarquable site. The ornamental kitchen garden, the Maze, the classical water garden...you will see them all!
En route for the next stop! After a short drive, enjoy the amazing sight unfolding in front of you and discoverChateau de l'Islette, afamily-owned chateau still inhabitedby a French family.Get ready for a very unusual visit, as your guide will take you to the most intimate rooms of the chateau, like the parent's bedroom, the family kitchen and even the bathroom! You may even get the chance to meetthe charmingowners and chat about their daily life! Auniquesouvenir!
After this visit, your guide will set up alovely lunch for your group near the bank of the riverin the park of the chateau. Enjoy a Loire wine, perfectly matching a selection of tasty local products... A restful break that will definitely be one of the hilights of your day...Cheers!
Then, you're off toVouvrayto discover this beautiful wine area full of passion-driven winegrowers mainly producing elegantsparklingwines and white wines. During the afternoon, you willmeet a genuine French winemakerin a charming family-run estatebut also agrand wine house situated just along the Loire River.
All along the visits, your guide will share with you all his knowledge to help you understand better the diversity of Loire wines and its specific terroir. You willlearn the different steps of wine-tasting and train your noseto identify many wine aromas, to do so, you will aslo taste wines from the other wine Appellations of the region. After this experience, the Loire wine-area will have no secrets left for you.
Before saying goodbye, share anaperitif made of local products and wineswith a stunning view.
Then return to the train station in Tours by 7.00pm to catch the TGV train back to Paris.