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Deluxe 4-day Loire Valley Self-guided Cycling Tour around Amboise Level

Prices starting from. Trip Duration. Max Passengers. 538 € 4 days 8

Start and Finish. Activity Level. Cheverny to Cheverny 2

Experience. Tour Code. Cycling Tours Europe #B1/2110 Deluxe 4-day Loire Valley Self-guided Cycling Tour around Amboise Level 2/3

Tour Details and Description

Stay in a refined environment, marked with charm and abundant history in a green scenery, located in the heart of Cheverny AOC vineyards and close to the famous chateau which has inspired Hergé for his comics in Tintin adventures. Discover on cycling paths the numerous chateaux of the area.

Your accommodation is in a wonderful manor house from 18th century with personalized but original and elegant touch of decoration with a swimming pool

Tour character: Level 2/3

Average - a little bit hilly stages OR stages between 40 km and 50 km

Included in the Amboise Cycling Tour: • 3 nights’ accommodation with breakfast in a 4-star château-hotel (double room with shower & toilets) • 2 dinners • Colour maps, itineraries & tourist information • Taxes & services Not included in the tour: • 1 dinner • Drinks, lunches, and personal expenses • Entrance fees to the monuments

Daily departures March to October

If you would like to hire a bike (70 Euros) sporty bike (100 Euros) or e-bike (140 Euros) please contact our office when booking. [email protected]

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can visit the Château overlooking the Loire. The ‘garden festival’ where you will be able to admire different interpretations of artistic garden composition based on a common theme takes place every year in its majestic park.

Day 3

Excursion to Sologne area | 47 km Cross the rich and mysterious ‘Sologne’ with magnificent landscapes : beautiful forests sheltering game, ponds at every crossroad and small private châteaux hidden behind their vineyards or groves. Between ponds and heath lands, explore old typical Sologne villages. Do not miss a wine tasting in a local producer along your route: you are in the Cheverny appellation!

Day 4

Excursion to | 47 km Through numerous typical

villages, reach the Loire river banks and the nice town of Blois, worth visiting for its old quarter and Itinerary also its château offering a brilliant illustration of the evolution of French architecture from the Middle Ages to the 17th century. Then return through the forest of Russy. Day 1 Day 5 Arrival in Cheverny + excursion to Chambord | 39 km On your 1st bike excursion, ride the nice « Pays des Departure at the end of the day. Possibility of extra Châteaux » cycling paths to Chateau of Villesavin night in Cour Cheverny. OPTION: Hot air balloon before reaching the famous Chateau of Chambord, flight: Can you imagine drifting slowly over the where a stop is essential to visit the most majestic architectural masterpieces of the Loire Valley in a hot château in the Loire Valley. In its Renaissance air balloon guided by the winds? Take off and enjoy splendour, the Château de Chambord boasts no less from the sky an original view of the chateaux: an than 440 rooms. unforgettable moment! (early in the morning or evening according weather conditions) Day 2

Excursion to Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire | 62 km Passing by the countryside routes before reaching the Loire banks at Chaumont-sur-Loire where you

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