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LOIRE VALLEY TOUR PRICES INCLUDE
--Full-time services of a professional Off the Beaten Path Expert Historical Guide/Tour Leader who is a wine and culinary expert, and serves as guests liaison during this fully escorted Loire Valley tour program.
--5 nights, Home Based, Deluxe Historical accommodations (NO Hotel Hopping) in a Second Empire Chateau (castle) centrally located to our daily excursions and activities. For Guests participating in the 5 day/4 night tour option: 4 nights Home Based, Deluxe Historical Castle accommodations.
--Expert commentated tours and all entry fees at the Castles of Chambord, Blois, Amboise, Chenonceau, Villandry, Azay-le-Rideau, Langeais, Cheverny, Chaumont-sur-Loire*.
--All fees for expert guests, specialty tours and private tours
--2 Hands-On Recreational Cooking Class with (1) our friends, renowned French Chefs Christophe Quantin (featured on Gourmet TV with Paul Bocuse) and his wife Angelique at their home and (2) with our Friend and Michelin Star Chef Christophe Cosme.
--Interactive evening wine tasting workshop dinner with our local wine specialist
--All fees for the cooking class and wine tasting dinner workshop
--Buffet Breakfasts Daily: Buffet Breakfast of freshly baked croissants, pain au chocolat and baguette, cereal, fruit, jams, yoghurts, fromage blanc (white creamy cheese similar to yoghurt), fruit compotes, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh juices.
--Gourmet Dinners Daily : Meals include regional "Grand Cru" wines (1/2 bottle per person per meal), teas, coffees and non-alcoholic beverages.
--Fees for hot air ballooning excursion*.
--All gratuities to service personnel and local taxes at the hotel and restaurants.
--Ground transportation during the tour by comfortable minivan
--Roundtrip transfers between Tours Saint Pierre des Corps, TGV rail station and our hotel on tour departure and conclusion day at designated times.
--Limited to 8 guests per tour departure date
--Tour excludes: roundtrip airfare to and from France, roundtrip train fare to and from Tours St. Pierre des Corps rail station, lunches, clos luce entry fee, garden festival entry fee, personal expenses, extras at the hotel, wines and alcoholic beverages ordered beyond the provisions of the tour and anything not specified as included above, optional gratuity to tour guide.
* denotes additional included activities for Guests participating in the 6 day/5 night tour
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ACTIVITY LEVEL: 20% Moderate, 80% Easy
TOUR BEGINS:
Group pick-up : Your guide meets you and the other Guests of the group on Tour start date at 4:15 PM at the Tours St. Pierre des Corps Rail Station in Tours, France. To reach the meeting location for the Tour, travelers take the TGV (high speed train) either directly from the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to the Saint Pierre des Corps rail station or from the Gare de Montparnasse in downtown Paris to the Saint Pierre des Corps rail station. Travel time is approximately 1 hour from downtown Paris and 1 hour 45 minutes from the airport.
TOUR ENDS:
Group drop-off : Your Guide drops your group off on Tour end date at 9 AM at St. Pierre des Corps Rail Station in Tours, France.
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