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Design My ItineraryChambord, Chenonceau and the vineyards are all reachable from Paris. The shared tours turn them into a thirteen hour seat. We do it differently: the TGV to Tours in about an hour, a private local driver-guide, two châteaux done properly, and a family cellar between them. Arranged from Paris by a registered French agency.
Yes: the TGV from Paris Montparnasse reaches Tours in about one hour and ten minutes, where a private local driver-guide picks you up. That puts you at the door of Chenonceau before most Paris coaches have left the motorway.
Two, done properly, with lunch and a cellar visit between them. The classic pairing is Chambord and Chenonceau, about forty five minutes apart. Tours that promise three or four deliver parking lots and a walk to the gate.
You should. The country around Tours is Vouvray and Montlouis, chenin blanc aged in cellars dug into the tuffeau rock. We book a sit-down tasting at a family estate between your two châteaux, about an hour, with the winemaker. No forty-person tasting counters.
A fully private day from Paris typically runs 1,500 to 2,000 euros for the party. The TGV-plus-local-guide version we usually recommend lands well under that. Shared coaches run roughly 150 to 250 euros per person and spend most of the day driving. You see the exact figure in writing before anything is booked.
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