Tour Details - N° 3
CHENONCEAU – CHATEAU GAILLARD
Meeting at the tourism office of Tours 15 minutes prior departure where you’ll be welcomed by your driver
Leaving at 1.15 pm
for a 40 min trip towards Chenonceau
The château of Chenonceau( Visit: 1h45 mn )
Château of the Ladies
The most famous and visited chateau of the Loire Valley was built on the Cher river in a natural surroundings where water and gardens combine harmoniously. Thanks to Catherine Briçonnet, the builder – Diane de Poitiers, the favorite lady – Catherine de Medici, the queen – and Louise de Lorraine, the widow, the château of Chenonceau was the setting of an incredible history full of romance and unexpected denouements.
20 mn trip to Château Gaillard
through the forest of Amboise
Château Gaillard( Visit: 1h )
the most Italian of the Loire châteaux
Chateau Gaillard is the most Italian of the Loire chateaux, built at the end of the 15th century at the dawn of the Renaissance and the birthplace of France’s first orange trees, thanks to the famous royal gardener Pacello da Mercogliano.
30 minutes trip to Tours
following the Loire river banks
back at 5.45 pm
Your driver will drop you off at the tourism office of Tours
