Decision
Best Loire Valley Tours for 2026
The best day from Paris, from Tours, for wine, for a family and for an active day, and which fares already hold your château tickets.
Loire Valley Travel Guides
Long reads for the decisions a booking page cannot make for you: which tour is best, what to see, how to split your days, how to go without a guide, and where to sleep. To compare fares while you read, keep the Loire Valley guided tours open beside them.
Start with the itinerary if your dates are set, and with where to stay if they are not. The blog answers single questions in fewer words.
Things to do
Best Things to Do in the Loire Valley
Chenonceau's gallery, Chambord's staircase, Leonardo's tomb and machines, Villandry's gardens, a Vouvray cellar, a market and a balloon, with prices.
Itinerary
Loire Valley Itinerary: One, Two and Three Days
What fits into one day from Paris or Tours, how to split two days east of Tours, and a third day for Villandry, Azay-le-Rideau and the wine.
On your own
Loire Valley Châteaux Without a Tour
Trains to Chenonceau and Amboise, the shuttle to Chambord, timed slots and tickets bought direct, what a day alone costs, and when a tour earns its fare.
Where to stay
Where to Stay in the Loire Valley: Best Towns
Tours, Amboise, Blois, Chinon or Saumur: the station, the sights on foot, the market day and the tours that start or pick you up in each.
Prices and hours for each château sit on the châteaux page, the trains on getting there, and every tour is compared on Loire Valley Tours.