I have been trying to decide about one of the guided tours offered by Parisvision- the Loire Castles Excursion takes 12 hours and costs 140 Eur.pp. I wondered if anyone has been on this particular tour, whether that is a reasonable price . I know it is a trip we%26#39;ll enjoy just hoped it was less expensive I guess.
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That%26#39;s what I was trying to find out too! I just want to see Chambord.....and I%26#39;d rather not pay 140 Euros to do that!
There has to be a way.....
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Unless you rent a car and drive yourself, there really aren%26#39;t a whole lot of convenient public transportation options to get out to the Loire chateaux--Chambord, Chenonceau, d%26#39;Amboise, Cheverny.
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Really? Not even the train??
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Most of the chateaux are in the countryside, far from towns and their train stations, which is why visiting the chateaux is easier by car (unless you have a a good three or four days). It is an easy drive from Paris, though and you%26#39;d be well served to just rent a car and head on down. CHeaper, I believe than the 140E for the tour and you can explore at your own pace.
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I took their tour quite a few years ago, but I%26#39;m sure it%26#39;s the same now. It was a great tour. They took us to see Blois, Chenonceaux, and Chambord with a lunch at Chenonceaux. I thought the tour was well-worth the price for the convenience and the live tour guide commentaries. I loved Chenonceaux and Chambord and will always remember this tour.
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I%26#39;ve taken the day tour to Loire chateau several times. It%26#39;s a wonderful trip and you shouldn%26#39;t miss seeing the chateaus. A nice lunch is usually included. Unfortunately, the price has gotten very high with the dollar situation. You can take the train to Blois from Paris (1.5hrs) and from there you can get buses to various Chateau in the summer. Also there is a train from Blois to Amboise. And there is a train to Chenenceau (can%26#39;t remember if it%26#39;s from Blois). However, it would be hard to visit the chateaus in one day going from Paris to Blois and making the connections etc. and still have time to see anything. One would probably want to stay overnight in Blois and take a couple of day trips to chateaus from there--if you don%26#39;t want to just drive on your own or pay the 140E for the trip. Blois also has a nice chateau and is a great town to visit just on its own.
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We took the tour and loved it. they go to three castles and provide a lovely lunch. The guides are giving you a history lession along the way and it was fun bonding with the other passengers. Some of us had dinner together after we got back to Paris. Now that we%26#39;ve been there, we feel more confidantabout retruning to explore on our own. You can take a mini van tour with only 6 passengers or a regular tour bus. Both are good.
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Thanks for all the good responses. So, if you are on a guided tour, does the guide repeat everthing in multiple languages? Do you have headphones?
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It has been my experience that they schedule the tours for specific language speakers. When we went to the Loire we took the mini van tour and everyone spoke English. When we went to Brugges we took the big tour bus. Two languages, Spanish and English were spoken so we had two guides one spoke English and the other spoke Spanish. We took an evening tour (illuminations) and we were given head sets and listened to a pre-recorded speel with several different languages to choose from. There was also a guide on board that bus. He spoke French and English.
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They usually try to schedule tours for English and other languages. They don%26#39;t have head phones for specic language options. On on tour we took, there was a mixed-group. The tour guide--a VERY impressive linguist--provided commentary in English, Spanish and (most surprisingly) Japanese for the various nationalities aboard-- while carrying on a conversation with the driver in French. Her ability to switch from language to language was absolutely effortless and quite remarkable---but it made for confusing tour.
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