Chateaux from Tours to Saumur

Chateaux from Tours to Saumur

STANDARD : accommodation in 2 star hotels with terroir dinners

COMFORT : accommodation in 3 or 4 star hotels with gourmet dinners

Tour description

Day 1 – Arrival at Tours – discovery walking tour of the town – Accommodation in the centre of Tours

Day 2 – Chateau of Villandry, its gardens and Azay le Rideau castle – Ride of 30 or 38 km (18 or 23 miles) – Accommodation in Azay le Rideau.

Day 3 – Chateaux of Langeais, Ussé and medieval city of Chinon – Ride of 42 km (26 miles) – Accommodation in Chinon.

Day 4 – Chateau of Chinon and Royal abbey of Fontevraud – ride of 20 km (13 miles) – Accommodation in Fontevraud.

Day 5 – Breze and Montreuil-Bellay chateaux -loop ride of 40 km (25 miles) – Accommodation in the same hotel in Fontevraud

Day 6 – Candes St Martin, Montsoreau chateau and Saumur – Ride of 30 km (19 miles) – Accommodation in Saumur.

Day 7 – Saumur – End of the tour after breakfast.

What’s included?

• Accomodation and breakfast
• Dinners according to description and selected range of services
• Hotel to hotel luggage transfer along the trail.
• A set of maps (1/25 000 scale) with the route marked on and detailed route notes describing the trail.
• A daily itinerary together with information about facilities and places of interest along the trail.
• Emergency assistance in English
• The rental of bicycles and their equipment (helmet, map holder, etc.)