Loire valley castles Orleans to Chaumont sur Loire

Loire valley castles Orleans to Chaumont sur Loire

The Loire Valley has seen many of France’s kings pass through its territories. Listed with UNESCO as a World Heritage site, it is one of the rare places in the world where one finds magnificent chateaux, mansions, churches and abbeys in such quantity, giving testimony to an intense and rich spiritual and cultural life, as well as an art de vivre that has continued throughout the centuries. Beyond Orleans, the Loire lazily and nonchalantly spreads out under a pleasant climate. You will discover the Gothic basilica of Clery-Saint-Andre, where lies Louis XI. You will visit Meung-sur-Loire, a village decorated by numerous watermills and a dual-styled chateau. You will pass through the old medieval village of Beaugency to arrive at the doorsteps of Chambord, a chateau only imagined in the most magical of dreams. You will continue on to Cheverny – perhaps the most beautiful and refined of all the chateaux of the Loire – Troussay, Beauregard and Blois, a royal city with an electric history! A bit further along the Loire you will find Chaumont and its splendid park, and then you will fall back a couple centuries as you enter into the fortified castle of Fougeres-sur-Bievre.

STANDARD : accommodation in 2 star hotels with terroir dinners

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

Tour description

Day 1: Arrivée à Orléans
Day 2: Cléry St André – Beaugency (16 km)
               transfer by taxi from Orléans to Cléry St André in the morning
Day 3: Beaugency et Chambord
              transfer by taxi from Beaugency to Chambord in early afternoon
Day 4: Cheverny – Cellettes (15 Km)
              transfer by taxi from Chambord to chateau of Cheverny in the morning
              transfer by taxi from Cellettes to Blois in late afternoon
Day 5: Blois – tour of the town
Day 6: Tour of Chaumont sur Loire and Fougères chateaus
              transfer by taxi from Blois to Chaumont in the morning
              transfer by taxi from Chaumont sur Loire to Fougères
              transfer by taxi from Fougères to Blois in late afternoon
Day 7: Blois – 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