pedelon travels by eBike LOIR RE V ALL EY +++ green river islands and golden +++ green river islands and golden sand banks on the last wild river in Europe +++ The Touraine and the Loire are France. So, it is not surprising that royalty lived here and built palaces as great as itself” (Balzac) +++ Eleonore d’Aqui- taine, divorced from France, married to England +++ 1000 years of French history, great nature, excellent gastronomy +++ Italian rebirth in the Garden of France +++ “If not we, then who? If not now, then when?”(Joan of Arc) +++ clay, lime, gravel and fl int nourish noble wines +++ the end of a genius in the arms of a king +++ down in the valley, the narrow river bends run through the graceful hills +++ grand dining in Sancerre, Vouvray and Muscadet +++ from the castle of the ladies to rock solid proof of imperial dignity +++ Our tour of the Loire Valley in 7 days, max. 14 people, 3 double overnight stays. Hotels ***** Gastronomy **** Culture ***** ! Nature **** Orléans Paris 280 km Beaugency Travel dates 2020 FVL1: Saturday, 23-may-2020 to Saturday, 30-may-2020 Blois Angers Chambord FVL2: Saturday, 06-jun-2020 to Saturday, 13-jun-2020 Loir Tours Amboise Cheverny FVL3: Saturday, 20-jun-2020 to Saturday, 27-jun-2020 e FVL4: Saturday, 22-aug-2020 to Saturday, 29-aug-2020 Villandry Chenonceaux Cher Saumur Traveling price 2020 Brézé Chinon Loches Price per person in the DR for 7 nights with half-board, eBike, Fontevraud Ve entrance free, transfers, guided tours: € 1950 na n Parc naturel Single-room surcharge: € 420 t régional de by eBike la Brenne Does not include lunch, drinks and your personal expenses by bus as well as travelling there and back. This travel starts in Angers and ends in Orléans. 20 km Loire Valley 2020 pedelon. travels by eBike +49 (0)89 61466980 www.pedelon.com 1 pedelon travels by eBike Flight Flights to/from Nantes NTE booked by you or by pedelon at your request. Directly from Munich and very good transfer connections from all larger German cities. As there is no airport in the Loire Valley, which has a flight to Germany, you have to chose Nantes airport NTE, which is flown by Ger- man airports via Munich. From Nantes it is 45 minutes by local trains to Angers . At the end of the travel in Orléans, you can get back to the Paris CDG airport directly to your terminal, which is arranged by pedelon. We will gladly take over the organization of your arrival or departure. The pedelon package for 480 € / person is the return trip from Munich to Nantes NTE, as well as the train ticket from Nantes to Angers and the airport taxi from Orléans to Paris CDG. If you would like to book your flight to Nantes / from Paris, we will be pleased to assist you with the organization and the purchase of tickets from Nantes to Saumur (about 30 € / person) or the reservation of the airport taxi from Orléans to Paris (about 80 € / person). Train Angers can be reached in a day trip in about 10 hours from Munich and Stuttgart by trains with one change of train in Paris. From Ham- burg and Berlin it is at least 16 hours; this also involves several changes of trains. Car When traveling by car, it is recommended to travel around Paris. From the east, the best way is via Troyes and Sens to Orléans, park your car in the pedelon partner garage (pre-registration required) and take the train from Orléans (17:02). If you prefer to drive direc- tly to Angers with your car, you can park the car safely in the guarded parking garage of the station (about € 90 / week). Pre-registra- tion is not required. Participation conditions The arrangement contains the above services. Our terms and conditions apply. The “pedelon travel information” is sent with the booking confirmation, containing useful instructions on getting to Angers and other tips for the trip. Loire Valley 2020 pedelon. travels by eBike +49 (0)89 61466980 www.pedelon.com 2 pedelon travels by eBike LOIRE Take the eBike through the charming valley of the Loire, passing countless greenVALLEY river islands and golden sand banks. The effects of shadow and light charm the cyclists on the last wild river in Europe. Blessed with French history, it leads to stately royal palaces and major cities, through picturesque villages, past elegant manors and unknown jewels. Cy- cling in the Garden of France, delicacies at Sancerre, Vouvray and Muscadet in top restaurants and cozy “Auberges”. An unforgettable tour through French history, surrounded by magnifi cent nature and with excellent gastronomy. The overnight stay with breakfast from Saturday to Sunday as back to Saumur. The former “Tuffeau”, mines of the city where well as the fi rst dinner together are included in the tour price. today wine cellars, apartments and restaurants can be found, or If you arrive early to Angers, from our “Hôtel 21 Foch” you can mushrooms are grown, are constant companions on the last cycle explore the narrow streets and the many picturesque squares of kilometers of the day. If you are interested, you can visit one of the the old town. Meeting for the fi rst dinner at 7:30 pm in the lobby. most famous wineries in the city and taste the famous sparkling wine of the region. In the picturesque old town of Saumur, you will be greeted by the excellent “Hotel St. Pierre” (double overnight). 1st day, Sunday: Angers – Saumur, 40 km For dinner, we go to one of the best restaurants in the city. After breakfast, you will walk to the historical center to the castle of Angers, where the world-famous carpet cycle of the “Apoca- lypse of St. John” can be seen in this medieval fortress. After 2nd day, Monday: Saumur – Abbaye de Fontevraud – intense sightseeing, the fi rst cyclistically unattractive kilometers Saumur, 42 km are covered by taxi, and the bicycles are taken over by you outside In the morning after a short ride we reach the “Château de Sau- the lively city. Following, you will enjoy a beautiful ride on quiet mur”. With its high octagonal towers, its cross-windows, orna- mental gables and its ornate shooting ranges, the castle of Sau- mur reminds you of a fairy-tale castle. The following path leads from the vineyards and picturesque villages to the Abbaye de Fontevraud, where the tomb of the Plantagenêts and the tomb of paths in throughout fl at countryside, through picturesque villages always in the immediate vicinity of the gently fl owing Loire. In the afternoon, Cunault, which has an amazingly large Romanesque church, will be reached. After this visit, you will ride with your eBike in a little more than an hour, always along the Loire shore, Richard Loewenherz are located in the well-known abbey church. Loire Valley 2020 pedelon. travels by eBike +49 (0)89 61466980 www.pedelon.com 3 pedelon travels by eBike Particularly impressing is the former monastery kitchen in the ries, the landladies have managed the destinies and provided for Roman “Tour d’Evraud”, with a very complex construction for the the construction, expansion and maintenance of one of the most era. In the afternoon, on the way back to Saumur, you will reach the unknown but interesting to see “Château de Brézé”. The ol- dest parts of today’s building date back to the 13th century and they were greatly altered during the Renaissance. From the dry ditches, the visitor reaches an amazing cave system, which had been developed by the dismantling of the tufa stone and used for economic purposes since the 16th century. In the far-flung caverns, the visitor encounters, among other things, a bakery, a room for silk rape breeding, a wine press and a huge wine cellar. enchanting castles. We exit the Cher valley in south direction. By On quiet paths along the river Thouet, the last twelve kilometers eBike along the Chézelle, which is mostly free of traffic, we arrive lead back to Saumur. Second overnight at Hôtel St Pierre. We dine at Loches. The castle is situated on a rocky plateau on the left in a very good restaurant. bank of the Indre above the French town of Loches. The resort has one of the oldest keeps of France and is one of the best preserved European architectural ensembles of the Middle Ages. After an 3rd day, Tuesday: Saumur – Chenonceaux, 68 km in-depth tour and a cozy lunch break in the lively old town, we After breakfast, our minibus takes you to Chinon in less than an ride along the Indre through small hamlets and wide areas of hour‘s drive. Above the small town on the Vienne you can see the agricultural land back to Chenonceaux to „Bon Laboreur“. Here, ruins of the once proud fortress, in which the Virgin of Orléans met you have again a second opportunity to experience the excellent Charles VII for the first time. Chinon is known today not only for its quality of the food. red wines, but also for its old town, where medieval half-timbered houses and small aristocratic palaces from the Renaissance line up harmoniously. After a short break in one of the most beautiful 5th day, Thursday: Chenonceaux – Blois – Beaugency, historical centers of France, we will travel on small paths from the 64 km Vienne over the Indre to the Loire and this for about thirty kilo- After a short morning transfer, the eBikes are accepted in the meters following Villandry. Here it is not so much the castle that village of Cormeray and we continue our ride on a tranquil route through forest and meadows.