Your holiday price includes:
- A double or twin bedded room booked in a delightful hotel for each night of your itinerary. (Single occupancy, always available, carries a supplement).
- A Reserved table in a first class restaurant with four course gourmet dinner each evening.
- A French style breakfast every morning and in many hotels this is now a generous buffet.
- Dawes, light weight 6-speed, indexed-geared touring bicycles with special touring ratios for easy cycling. Bikes are equipped with a lower gear in the hillier regions. Trail-a-long bikes for children 5-8 yrs are available, as well as child seats for 2-5 yrs.
- Bicycle equipment including panniers, provanti bag, water bottle, tool kit and pump.
- Information pack which includes: IGN 1-100,000 maps of the region, your itinerary and hotel details, what to visit guide, a French holiday information booklet, French phrase book.
- The services of our regional assistants with an introductory presentation with a local aperitif.
- Emergency back-up and assistance.
With each bicycle we provide:
- A roomy, three sectioned pannier for carrying your clothes, with two additional small pockets for the bottle of wine and the baguette.
- A provanti bag for the front handlebars with map holder.
- A personal water bottle.
- A lock, pump, tool kit and spare inner tube.
Loire Prices and Travel Options:
1. Making your own way to the first hotel (see prices below)
Our Gentle Tourer options - 2 nights at each hotel with last night back at Hotel Diderot in Chinon. (For other holiday options please discuss with the office team.)
| No Nights | Suggested Routes in the Loire | Pricing |
| 3 nights or Adventurer | Chinon, a medieval château town | £571 |
| 5 nights Slimline Susi | Chinon and Azay le Rideau | £827 |
| 5 nights | Chinon and Azay le Rideau or Saumur | £952 |
| 7 nights | Chinon, Montsoreau or Saumer and Azay le Rideau | £1332 |
| 9 nights | Chinon, Fontevraud or Saumur, Hommes, Azay le Rideau. 1 Château Hotel. 2 pools. | £1572 |
| 10 nights | Chinon, Turquant or Saumer, Hommes, Langeais, Noyant de Touraine. 2 Châteaux Hotels. 2 pools. | £1692 |
| 12 nights | Chinon, Azay le Rideau, Langeais, Pontlevoy, Reignac, Noyant de Touraine, 2 Châteaux Hotels. | £1932 |
| 14 nights | Chinon, Montsoreau, Azay le Rideau, Amboise, Pontlevoy, Reignac, Noyant de Touraine, 2 Châteaux Hotels. | £2172 |
| Region to Region | 14 nights Loire to Mayenne with hotel stays at Chinon, Saumur, Hommes, Auverse, Solesmes, Loué, Vaiges. 1 Château Hotel. 4 pools. | £2222 |
Price Discounts: Children under 15 years per night £25.00 Triple Rooms:per room per night £5.00 Group bookings: 8-12 people per person £12.00 Price Supplements: Single Room: Per Person per night £28.00
2. We can book all or part of your travel to and from the UK and France.
| How to get to Chinon (for cycling holidays in the Loire) |
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| 1) EUROSTAR & TGV via Lille
to St. Pierre des Corps & taxi. Departs St Pancras 08.52 |
1st Class 2nd Class |
£472 £384 |
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| 2) TGV from Paris Montparnasse to St. Pierre des Corps
& taxi. |
1st Class 2nd Class |
£239 £203 |
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| Nearest airports are Tours and Paris. Local trian station is Chinon. | |||