Loire Valley 3 Best Castles & Wine Tasting Small-Group Day Trip from Paris

This was such a great experience! Our guide was so informed and we learned so much about the region and people. The pace was perfect and I never felt rushed.

Guillaume Is a fabulous guide and driver. So knowledgeable and friendly. I learned so much. Thank you, Guillaume. Please add family to your options. Not just teens or young children.

This is the second time I have done this tour. Oliver, our guide, was great...a vast improvement over the last one! I did find our time to explore the buildings was a little rushed. I did not try the wine tasting but my friend found it a waste of time. I think the tour should arrange lunch reservations for the group to insure lunch is timely and available. I did not like the meeting point. As I usually travel alone, I would not like to have been dropped off there by my taxi to wait in the dark by myself. Perhaps a Bistro that is open for 24 hours might be a better idea. We were approached by 2 wanderers around the Arc de Triomphe, not scary but a bit unsettling.

The wonderful energy and passion our knowledgeable guide, named Oliva displayed. We highly recommend.

Great one day from Paris. A long day but really enjoyed seeing 3 different castles. I found the amount of time at each site adequate. Our guide, Olivia, really added to the experience with her knowledge of the sites, enthusiasm and professionalism throughout the construction delays on the way back into Paris.

Well paced trip with a great guide. Had just enough time at each chateau to explore and see the many different rooms. If you spend too much time in the rooms you may not have much time in the gardens, so you just have to budget your time to focus on what is important to you.

This was the least favorite of the many tours we have done with Viator. We were allotted 1 hour at Château de Chenonceau, which is by far the nicest of all of the castles and at a minimum we should have had 2 hours. The wine tasting on Amboise was skimpy and a needless waste of precious time. We arrived at Chateau Chambord less than an hour before closing time. Even though this castle is the largest it was not interesting but one hour is not enough time to see much. The driver let us off at the destinations but did not accompany us so we were wandering aimlessly with cumbersome head sets at every stop. I'm sure there are better tours to the Loire Valley.

We visited three lovely historic Châteaux and did wine tasting at a cute little shop. We also had lunch in a small cafe which had delicious authentic French food. I loved every minute! Our guide, Olivier, was wonderful! I loved this trip so much more than Versailles.

Loved the trip. Our guide, Pablo was great and gave us good information. We had lots of time at each chateau/castle.

My partner and I reserved this small-group day trip to Loire Valley to visit three castles and I can't stress enough how amazing this tour was! We were met at the pick-up spot right on time in a small passenger van that held 8 people, and after a 2 hour ride south, we arrived at our first castle. We were the first visitors there and it almost felt like a private tour, which was extremely pleasant. We were also given tablets that we can use in just about each room that would transport our view to what these rooms looked like back in those times...augmented reality at its finest! Since this was the biggest castle of the 3, we were given plenty of time to explore on our own without feeling rushed. The second castle was less than an hour away and the ride to the castle was amazing as we traveled through the French countryside. The 2nd caste, Chenonceaux was our favorite! The grounds were absolutely beautiful and the fact that there were very few visitors was a plus as we got some really amazing pictures. Our tour guide gave us the best tip, which was to walk through the gardens on the way to the castle rather than heading down the main path and boy was she right! The experience was definitely worth it. Lastly, we headed to Amboise castle a few minutes away in a quaint little French village, where we had lunch at a local restaurant (there are many to chose from) before visiting the castle and Leonardo DaVinci's grave. The only thing I would change on the tour is the wine tasting. It was held at a wine shop in the village and would much rather have gone to a winery for the tasting. All in all, our tour guide was amazing and very down to earth. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone and it is much more enjoyable than doing a larger group tour. Next time I go back to France, I will check out this tour companies other small group tours like the champagne tours.