Royal Loire: Chenonceau, Chambord & Wine Experience

I was with a small group, led by Ingrid. She was very knowledgeable and professional. She knew so much it was amazing. Worth every penny.

Ingrid was great, very knowledgeable and had a lot of insights about the chateaus. Yannis at the wine tasting educated me on wines in a entertaining way.

The Tour was delightful and the tours very well done. Tomas was a delight at the Caves wine education. Learned many tips about wine. Ingrid was a great tour guide. Loved her antidotes regarding the royals and the personalized treatment received.

This experience made me want to learn more French history. Ingrid's explanation of the French monarchy and the history of the chateaux were fascinating, and at times humorous. She highlighted the most interesting aspects of each château while also giving us a primer on French history and the monarchy. We had a little free time to explore each of the chateaux and the gardens on our own. The time in the caves was also an educational experience. We learned (and tasted) so much about the wines of the Loire Valley.

The itinerary was wonderful. Our guide not so much. She was unwelcoming, crude, and not terribly knowledgeable. The wine tour was a real highlight. The guide was everything she was not

Great tour. The chateaus are amazing and the information wines and lunch at the caves were top notch!

The Chateaux are amazing to see and quite different from each other. Our guide/driver didn’t use any amplification/microphone in the van so if you were sitting in the back you missed a lot of what she said. This was exacerbated by the fact that she didn’t turn off the radio. We haven’t had this issue in previous tours with mini vans of the same size. As a result, she shared little information while driving which was disappointing and a lost opportunity. A highlight was the wine tasting. The sommelier was fantastic and shared great information.

Despite some delays we got to visit everything on the itinerary and had a lot of fun trivia from our guide Marie. The day was sunny for the most part which helped. She knew where to take us to get good shots too. The wine tasting was unexpectedly bigger in tastings and that resulted in a fun experience with my group.

Roxanne, spoke fluid English, was very knowledgeable and lots of fun. We felt as if she was one of us and not the tour guide. It was a wonderful tour!!!!

It was too much crammed into one day. Maybe one chateau and a wine tasting would have allowed more time to really explore the chateau both with our wonderful guide, Ingrid, and also some time to explore the grounds on our own.