A day trip to Chaumont, Cheverny and the old town of Amboise

We will start our day with the visit of the Chateau of Chaumont-sur-Loire, its stables, farm and from April 22^th to November 1^st, the International Garden Festival.
Since 1992 each year, internationally renowned landscape architects, compete on a specific theme.
In the past Catherine de Medici used this Chateau to evict Diane de Poitiers from the Chateau of Chenonceau, she and Nostradamus dwelled there.
After the lunch break, we will get we will go towards the Sologne region in order to visit the Chateau of Cheverny which has been in the same family for more than 600 years. This beautiful classical edifice inspired Hergé’s Marlinspike Hall in ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ comics.
We will end our day trip with a self-discovery of the hold town of Amboise, which will allow you to discover wonderful half-timber houses, to do eventually some shopping or a wine tasting.

Price include

Travel in an air-conditioned minibus for the full day tour
A mutilingual tour director
Audio support in the vehicle (English, Japanese, Chinese, Brazilian and Spanish)
The possibility to benefit from reduced rates in all the visited sites

Price doesn't include

Lunch
Entrance fees to castles or gardens
Motorway toll charges

Practical informations

Day trip by minibus to the castles of :

Chaumont (3 hours including a lunch break), (2½ hours outside the Garden Festival period),
Cheverny (1 hour),
Amboise historic centre (40 minutes)

Minimum of 2 people required for departure.
Passengers must arrive at least 10 minutes before departure. Excursion in a comfortable air-conditioned minibus, maximum 8 passengers.
Driver speaking English and French.
Audio guides available on the minibus in: English, Japanese, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.

International Garden Festival accessible only: from 22 April to 1 November 2026.