Tours to Saumur
SF B05 - Tours to Saumur
From April to end of October. You start the tour the day you want
7-Days and 6 nights cycling tour: Self-guided biking tour to discover the most beautiful castles from Tours to Saumur
Tour difficulty: No major difficulty. This tour is for everybody in good health. Rolling countryside with occasional hills or short ascents with low elevation gain (in vineyards for example) you cycle quiet country roads or sometimes gravel tracks that link chateaux and towns.
DAY 1 - Arrival at Tours - discovery walking tour of the town
Bicycles delivery and adjustment in late afternoon - Accommodation in the centre of Tours
DAY 2 – Chateau of Villandry, its gardens and Azay le Rideau castle
Ride of 30 or 38 km alongside Cher River via Savonniéres - visit of Villandry chateau, the last grand chateau in Loire valley to be built during the Renaissance - You will cycle alongside Cher and Loire Rivers, later through orchards to reach Azay le Rideau. Visit of the chateau, one of the most elegant in Loire valley - Accommodation in Azay le Rideau.
DAY 3 – Chateaux of Langeais, Ussé and medieval city of Chinon.
Ride of 42 km starting through orchards to Loire River and city of Langeais - tour of the city and feudal castle. You will continue alongside Loire to Brehemont, a former River port and to Ussé to discover the castle of the Beauty Sleeping. Then you will go across the forest to Chinon - Tour of the picturesque city to discover its medieval houses - Accommodation in Chinon.
DAY 4 – Chateau of Chinon and Royal abbey of Fontevraud
Visit of the medieval fortress overlooking the Vienne valley in the morning - Then ride of 20 km via La Deviniére, house where Rabelais was born. Through forests you will go to Fontevraud abbey. Tour of this largest monastery in Western Christendom which houses the tombs of Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lion heart and Isabelle of Angoulême. Accommodation in Fontevraud.
DAY 5 - Breze and Montreuil-Bellay chateaux
Loop ride of 40 km - Through country you head to the chateau of Brézé and its strange and unique underground village. You continue to the medieval fortified city of Montreuil Bellay and its Renaissance chateau. Then you cycle back to Fontevraud - Accommodation in Fontevraud
DAY 6 – Candes St Martin, Montsoreau chateau and Saumur
Ride of 30 km - You cycle down to Loire banks to tour the magnificent village of Candes St Martin and continue alongside Loire River to Montsoreau and its medieval chateau. On the way to Saumur visit of some cave dwellers' settlement like Turquant, Parnay and Souzay-Champigny – Tour of Saumur, its magnificent chateau overlooking Loire, the famous Cadre Noir (French cavalry Academy)or the interesting Tank museum with more 850 armoured vehicles - Accommodation in Saumur.
DAY 7 – Saumur – End of the tour after breakfast.
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Price per person
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2-star hotels & 2 dinners
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3-star hotels & 2 gourmet dinners
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Double occupancy
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$1283
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$1855
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Single room supplement
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$290
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$507
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2-person minimum required
Included:
- 6 night’s accommodations in 2-star or charming hotels with breakfast and 2 dinners or
- 6 night’s accommodations in 3-star or charming hotels with breakfast and 2 gourmet dinners
- Rental of fully-equipped hybrid bike including helmet, pannier, lock, puncture repair kit, map wallet and a theft/accidental damage insurance
- Transfer of luggage between hotels and guest houses
- Road book including cycling itineraries, detailed maps, information about sites to see, wineries and restaurants on route.
- Bilingual emergency phone call support 7 days a week
Not included: transportation fees to and from the cycling tour area – Travel and bike liability insurance - Transfers except those mentioned above – Drinks - Additional meals – Personal expenses
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