BEST LOIRE VALLEY FRANCE TOUR
Exclusive small group tours of Loire Valley
By France Off the Beaten Path Tours
RATED EXCELLENT WITH 500+ REVIEWS
2019 WINNER!! 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR!
RECOMMENDED BY FROMMER’S FRANCE!
About our Loire Valley France Tour
Come travel the back roads of Loire Valley, France during our 6 day/5 night, active, small group tour through a region of France, called the “Centre” that offers an enriching opportunity to discover spectacular Medieval and Renaissance history through fun and factual, sizzling stories and to make many great memories meeting and spending time with our local friends.
One of our most historically rich tours, our guided, small group Loire Valley Castles and Gourmet Tour stands out as a true gem thanks to our long-standing presence in the Loire Valley region and our established local relationships with the region’s most highly recognized professionals. We have established personal relationships with our partners in the Loire Valley, who are not only renowned Michelin-star and Master Chefs, wine-makers, and specialty artisans but are also our personal friends. We cherish our local Loire Valley friends and the partnerships we’ve built over the years. Discover the Loire together with us through our eyes; warmly welcomed to the homes, professional kitchens, and workshops of our friends. Step back in time each day of our Loire Valley Tour, enjoying racy stories of obsession, love, lust, and deception. You will truly feel like you are strolling through the pages of a storybook. Our specialist guides recount sketchy stories, the dirty dish, gossip of the kings, queens, and their courts, and factual events of French history in a unique and entertaining way.
WHAT MAKES OUR LOIRE VALLEY TOURS EXCEPTIONAL?
FRANCE IS OUR FOCUS AND SPECIALTY… We know France Best!
As France’s leading Loire Valley tour operator, in 2025, we will celebrate 31 years of leading small group tours in France. Our guided, small group Loire Valley Tours surpass guest expectations every time, thanks to our long-standing presence in the region and France and our established local relationships. Come meet and share convivial moments with our professional friends in the Loire Valley. We cherish our friendships, built on years of discovering France together, and delight in sharing these magical experiences with you.
- Our years of connections and insider access to people, places and events of the region have earned us a solid and excellent reputation as authorities on everything cultural in the Loire Valley.
- We use our “savoir faire” to ensure you experience the very best of the Loire Valley, its castles, history, and people in a fun and memorable small group environment.
- Through our combination of active, cultural, and personalized authentic French experiences, you will feel like you spent a week with a wonderful group of friends rather than having been on a tour.
Who are Off the Beaten Path, LLC Loire Valley France Tours designed for?
No experience necessary… Our Loire Valley France Tours are designed for active, English speaking travelers, and include a variety of engaging excursions from privately hosted cooking classes, wine tasting, artisan and castle tours, lunches, dinners, and cheese tasting to privately guided visits learning the juicy side of French history with our expert, professional award-winning tour guides. Enjoy leisure time daily, and five nights at one boutique hotel (NO HOTEL HOPPING), as well as sumptuous meals throughout. It’s vacation, and Off the Beaten Path’s Loire Valley France Tours are all about having fun, being active, and enjoying authentic experiences with our local friends!
As a France Off the Beaten Path Best Adventures in Loire Valley Tour Guest…
- Enjoy guided tours and leisure time to discover the 4 BEST and most historically rich castles of the Loire Valley — Chenonceau Castle, Chambord Castle, Royal Blois Castle & Royal Amboise Castle.
- Participate in 2 private and fun, hands-on cooking experiences that are more foodie tasting experiences and evenings meeting and preparing meals with our local French friends — one is a Meilleur Ouvrier de France Chef who works alongside Alain Ducasse, and formerly worked alongside Paul Bocuse and Joel Robuchon, and welcomes you to his family home in the French countryside, and our 2nd Chef is a Michelin rated chef, and welcomes you behind the scenes into his professional working kitchen for memorable cooking and cheese tasting together.
- Indulge in a VIP winery tour & wine tasting with local friends at their family winery followed by a privately hosted lunch at their family home.
- Enjoy Classified Touraine Wines — No meal is complete in the Loire without tasting the fruits of the region, mainly those sumptuous grapes that local vintners transform into some of France’s best loved wines.
- Savor “Touraine” Foodie specialties during a hosted cocktail evening, and float on the Loire River at sunset amidst the castles sprinkled along the river banks with our friend Aurelien on his traditional flat-bottom boat.
- Learn about France’s famous cheeses with our chef friends.
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