Personally accompanied
Experienced tour guides accompany you personally and make sure you are well looked after.
Loire
Trip highlights:
- Cheverny Castle
- Chambord Castle
- Chenonceau Castle
- Clos Lucé, Leonardo da Vinci's home
Festive Fairy-Tale Châteaux
Stroll in the footsteps of the Medici and Leonardo da Vinci during Advent. The winter gardens of the Loire are gracefully decorated, and enchanting light installations create a spectacle of colour on the château facades. The treasures of the Renaissance seem like an endless fairy-tale world. Let yourself be enchanted!
Day 1: Switzerland - Blois
Travel via Basel through Burgundy to Blois. Blois impresses with its charming old town and is considered the ideal starting point for exploring the famous Loire castles.
Day 2: Clos Lucé and Chenonceau
Drive to Amboise to visit Leonardo da Vinci's Christmas-decorated manor house "Clos Lucé", where lunch awaits you. Next is the famous water castle of Chenonceau, which appears to float on five elegant arches over the River Cher. Catherine de' Medici's commissioned alterations contributed to the castle's special elegance. Dinner in an impressive rock cellar.
Day 3: Cheverny - Chambord
Today you follow in the footsteps of kings, first reaching Cheverny Castle via an avenue of lavishly decorated Christmas trees. It has been privately owned for many centuries and awaits you with a magnificently decorated park. Afterwards, look forward to a sweet visit: you will discover chocolate making at the Max Vauché chocolate factory, including a tasting.
Shortly afterwards you will arrive at Château Chambord, which impresses with its festively illuminated façade. The largest castle in the Loire, with its countless staircases and rooms, is said to be based on plans by Leonardo da Vinci. Unlike its otherwise uniform design, it reads like a model book of French architectural history, but also of politics, scandals, intrigues and love stories.
Day 4: Blois - Switzerland
Return journey to Switzerland.
The 4* Hotel Mercure Blois Centre (official national rating) welcomes you in an ideal location close to the old town of Blois and the famous castles of the Loire. This modern hotel combines stylish ambience with a relaxed atmosphere and, with its restaurant, bar and wellness area, offers the perfect setting for a pleasant stay.
The comfortably furnished rooms feature a bathroom or shower/WC, hairdryer, TV, Wi-Fi, safe and tea and coffee station. The hotel also offers a fitness room, indoor pool, and sauna and wellness area. Equivalent hotel if unavailable.
Included services
- Travel in Deluxe coach
- Accommodation, basic double room
- HB (dinner/breakfast)
- Admission to Cheverny, Chambord, Chenonceau, Clos Lucé
- Guided visit to the Max Vauché chocolate factory incl. tasting
- 1 x lunch
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