Chateau Tour: Villandry Gardens and Azay-le-Rideau

This morning, explore the exquisite and sophisticated gardens of Chateau de Villandry, as well as the charming Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau. Your enthusiastic guide will accompany you throughout the tour, regaling you with amusing stories and extensive knowledge about the area. A memorable experience!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau - Guided visit of chateau and gardens
  • Chateau de Villandry - Guided visit of the gardens only with passionate guide
What's Included
  • Driver/guide
  • Entrance fees to 2 historical castles: Villandry Gardens and Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau
  • English-speaking guide
  • Guided visits
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Lunch
  • French-speaking guide
Additional Information
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Pets are not allowed even service animals
Location
Tourist Office Tours Loire Valley
Rue Bernard Palissy
Your guide will meet you in front of the Tourist Office in Tours. He / She will be wearing a hat!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sarah_m
May 10, 2025
Wonderful tour with very... - Wonderful tour with very knowledgeable and capable guide (Marion). Thoroughly recommend! She was a good driver, adaptable to our needs and full of interesting information, always careful to differentiate fact from rumour and speculation.
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Annafq4799tm
May 4, 2025
Beautiful, wonderful spectacular gardens! - My journey to visit the castles of the Loire took about 8 days, in which I visited several of the most beautiful castles! Villandry Castle, which is also very beautiful inside, is especially known for its beautiful gardens! They are truly wonderful, including the “Jardins potajers”, cultivated with small vegetables of various colors, where the precise geometry of the small vegetable gardens, allows the visitor to enjoy the beauty and the overall glance! In addition, the lavender garden, the water gardens, the Italian gardens, the ornamental garden and much more: 15 thousand square meters of beautiful gardens, a visit recommendedism!
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Alice
Apr 19, 2025
Amazing gardens - The grounds on both chateaus are beautiful, especially the ones at Villandry. They are breathtakingly beautiful. This is April and the tulips are in full blooms. I guess in late spring it’s roses’ turn. This is the place you can spend hours and forget your time.
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Drbarbara_c
Apr 17, 2025
Gorgeous chateaus and a friendly guide. - Two chateaus in a few hours and a very personable informative guide/driver (Dimitri), and we were very happy.
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Noel_g
Apr 15, 2025
Enjoyable and comprehensive. - Very comprehensive and enjoyable tour of the Azay Chateau and Gardens and the Villandry gardens. Guide was very informative and knowledgeable on the background and history of the chateaux. Everything was on time and efficient also.
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Jan_c
Apr 10, 2025
Amazing Tour - Amazing, our guide was very knowledgeable and nothing was a problem, made sure we were well looked after and went over and above showing us around
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Kathryn_l
Jun 26, 2024
A fun morning - Camille was a friendly guide and I loved the gardens at both chateaux. Easy to organise and reliable service.
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Mark_s
May 29, 2024
A few hours well spent - Our guide/driver Steeven was very engaging, professional and informative. The cost was a little pricey, but overall pretty decent value
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Sightseer34919649094
Jan 7, 2024
Impressive Castle and Gardens - The word to describe it is AWESOME. The gardens, although we went at Christmas, are exquisite and powerful. The interior of the castle is amazing. Very well cared for and the visit studied in detail. I recommend visiting if you are nearby.
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Roving33286536286
Sep 4, 2024
informative and entertaining - The guide was extremely informative and entertaining and we enjoyed the half day tour very much. We felt that it would benefit from an extra hour to allow visiting of D'Azay-le-Rideau village main street and seeing the beautiful Villandry gardens, hence only 4 stars.
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From $130
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).