Loire Valley Wines And Chambord Castle Small Group Day Trip From Paris

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Key Details

  • Mobile Voucher Accepted
  • Hotel pickup Available
  • Duration: 11 Hrs
  • Language:
    English
  • Departure Time :
    , Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience., Loire Valley Wines and Chambord Castle Small Group Day Trip from Paris, 3/1/2019 - 12/31/2024Tuesday - Saturday : 07:00 AM - 08:0.. read more
  • Return Details :
    • Please note that wine cellars are usually quite cold and damp (45 °F / 10 °C). Do not forget to bring warm clothes with you. • Please also be aware that most of the visits also includes a lot.. read more
  • Cancellation Policy :
    This activity is non-refundable Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Overview

Discover the wonders of the Loire Valley with this Wineries & Castles full-day tour from Paris! Visit the magnificent Chteau de Chambord, enjoy a gourmet wine & food pairing lunch at a family-run winery of the Touraine Wine region and enjoy a visit and tasting in a second Loire Valley winery. White, red, ros, sparkling and sweet wines, youll be amazed by the diversity of Loire Valley wines! This small-group tour limited to 8 people includes round-trip transportation by air-conditioned minivan.

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Hotel pick up - After an early morning hotel pickup in Paris, you will travel with your knowledgeable tour guide in an air-conditioned minivan for about 2 hours. En route, hear about the winemaking region of Loire Valley as you bite into delicious croissants.
Let yourself be audio guided through this splendid renaissance castle, constructed by King Francis I of France, that inspired the Disney movie “The Beauty & the Beast”.
On the way to lunch, enjoy the view through the vineyards of Touraine, Vouvray and Montlouis sur Loire. Your tour guide will tell you everything he/she knows about cabernet franc, chenin blanc and sauvignon blanc grapes.
LUNCHSavour an authentic and freshly cooked french meal paired with local wines largely unavailable in rest of the world, in a gourmet restaurant or a winery.
FAMILY-RUN WINERYNot only will you discover the winemaking process and the cellars, but you will also taste the variety of wines the Loire Valley has to offer: sparkling; dry and sweet wines; red, white and rosé wines. (Depending on availability)
Return to Paris and drop off in the city center

Itinerary:


Hotel pick up - After an early morning hotel pickup in Paris, you will travel with your knowledgeable tour guide in an air-conditioned minivan for about 2 hours. En route, hear about the winemaking region of Loire Valley as you bite into delicious croissants.
Let yourself be audio guided through this splendid renaissance castle, constructed by King Francis I of France, that inspired the Disney movie “The Beauty & the Beast”.
On the way to lunch, enjoy the view through the vineyards of Touraine, Vouvray and Montlouis sur Loire. Your tour guide will tell you everything he/she knows about cabernet franc, chenin blanc and sauvignon blanc grapes.
LUNCH Savour an authentic and freshly cooked french meal paired with local wines largely unavailable in rest of the world, in a gourmet restaurant or a winery.
FAMILY-RUN WINERY Not only will you discover the winemaking process and the cellars, but you will also taste the variety of wines the Loire Valley has to offer: sparkling; dry and sweet wines; red, white and rosé wines. (Depending on availability)
Return to Paris and drop off in the city center

Inclusions

  • Stop in the vineyard for a vine growing introduction
  • Audio-guided visit of Chambord Castle
  • Guided visit of a Loire Valley Winery, followed by a wine tasting
  • English-speaking driver guide, expert in wine, sharing knowledge and anecdotes
  • Lunch at a family-run winery or gourmet restaurant, with Loire Valley wine and food pairing
  • Pick up at your hotel (if located in Paris), drop off in central Paris (Htel de Ville)
  • Transport by comfortable, air-conditioned minivan (8 passengers max)

Exclusions

  • Gratuities
  • Extras

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Specialized infant seats are available

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

Schedule and wineries visited are subject to minor changes depending on the season and on supplier availability.

Your guide will contact you one day before the tour to give you an exact pick up time (usually between 7-7:30 AM)

Not wheelchair accessible, some stairs to access the underground cellars

Wine cellars are usually quite cold and damp (45 F / 10 C): do not forget to bring warm clothes with you

Private tours (including for bigger groups) are possible upon request; please specify at the time of the booking

Traveler Reviews

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  • 07-Jul-2023

    This tour was the jewel of our trip to Paris. Just absolutely lovely. Our tour guide and driver Bastien was friendly, charismatic, passionate about wine, and quite knowledgable about winemaking and the Loire Valley itself. The morning kicked off early with a quick stop for croissants and coffee at a boulangerie in Paris before heading out to the countryside. First stop: Chateau de Chambord - we had about 2 hours to explore the site independently, which was just right amount. Then, off to the first winery - Domaine de Montcy, a biodynamic vineyard, for a tour of its cellar and vines. It’s there we met the wonderful Sophie, who showed us around, and prepared a multi-course lunch of local meat, cheeses, seasoned potatoes and more — and, of course, paired the meal with an abundant tasting of their wines. Then, off we drove to the next vineyard through charming narrow village streets and rolling countryside hills to Chateau de Montedomaine for our last tasting. We met the owners Frederic and his wife, who showed us their limestone cave cellars and explained their process of listening to nature for each production cycle. This of course was followed by a tasting in their beautiful home. Overall, this trip was a wonderful experience that I highly recommend to anyone looking to venture outside of Paris for a day to see something new. I embarked on this excursion with family who had only a passing interest in wine, and they left the day with a new passion brewing in their minds. They had a blast! Do not pass this opportunity up, and you’re in wonderful hands if Bastien is your guide.

  • 26-Jun-2023

    It was an amazing experience with Carlos. He has lot of knowledge and we really enjoyed our time at the Chambord Chateau and vineyards!!! I am definitely going to book through Viator again to go to French country side

  • 26-May-2023

    Our guide Aurielien was AMAZING. The issue was that the castle tour was good, but we not get to spend much time at actual wineries which was a big attraction point for this trip. One winery was not expecting us due to a miscommunication by the main office not our guide. Our guide was truly the best, but the itinerary with the Loire Valley wineries could have been much better given the amazing wine production in this region.

  • 08-May-2023

    We had a great day on this trip. Chambord Castle was beautiful and we had sufficient time to see everything. The winery tours and our lunch was wonderful. Our guide, Clement, did a fantastic job of showing us around and providing us with lots of information that was easily understood.

  • 04-May-2023

    Excellent guide, very knowledgeable . Winery visit was great with great lunch,wine tastings. Magnificent scenery

  • 25-Apr-2023

    The guide was outstanding. Knowledgeable, used spare time to see additional sights. Very personable and make the day educational and fun.

  • 05-Apr-2023

    I booked this trip for my friend and I. This was her 1st trip to France and she knows wine. Preston was amazing and extremely knowledgeable. We would both do this again and would book requesting Preston. It was the perfect day trip. A must do

  • 17-Dec-2022

    Nice tour with one other couple. Mathilde was very attentive, even texting me to let me know she was 10 minutes late so we didn't wait outside in the very cold Paris morning. I wonder, tho, why we didn't take a train rather than spend nearly five hours in the minivan. And we didn't figure out how to get heat to the back of the van until we we nearly back in Paris. The lunch was lovely with different local wines accompanying each of three courses. I would have liked to have an actual guide at Chambord, as other tours clearly did, rather than rely on the actually quite advanced tablet-based audio guide provided by the venue. The winery tour was of a storage/fermentation facility rather than a manufacturing facility. The tasting portion was typical of any wine tasting and the prices were very good, . We purchased six bottles; three reds and three whites. We were dropped off at city hall which was beautifully decorated for the season; however, it was very, very cold (-2 c.) and we simply had to find our way back to our flat on the Metro. Overall, I would like to have had a bit more commentary on the history of the region and stories about things, instead of just sitting in the car in silence.

  • 12-Dec-2022

    Muy bien organizada, los lugares increíbles y el guía amable conocedor, paciente, buen conductor. Los lugares, simplemente mágicos.

  • 29-Nov-2022

    A great trip to the Loire Valley. Our guide Thomas was friendly, professional and engaging. We started with a visit to The Château de Chambord; it was however closed so we went instead to the Royal Château of Blois. Seeing both was certainly a bonus. Then a restaurant lunch in the city center of Blois before our wine tasting. The winery we stopped at was a great choice — a family run winery, Plou & Fils, where the Plou family have been making wine since 1508. I’d highly recommend this trip to anyone.

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