Generally easy walking with few ascents / descents, but perhaps the occasional long day.
The season for this holiday is:
01 April 2024 - 31 October 2024
01 April 2025 - 31 October 2025
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| °C | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| mm | 62 | 58 | 54 | 52 | 63 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 62 |
We can only accept payment in GBP, but you can use this converter to find out how much the holiday equates to in your own currency.
7 nights: 01 April 2024 - 31 October 2024 & 01 April 2025 - 31 October 2025
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 24 Apr 2024 | £1040 | £295 |
| 25 Apr - 21 May 2024 | £1185 | £295 |
| 22 May - 31 Jul 2024 | £1220 | £295 |
| 1 - 24 Aug 2024 | £1115 | £295 |
| 25 Aug - 30 Sep 2024 | £1195 | £295 |
| 1 - 24 Oct 2024 | £1040 | £295 |
| 1 - 24 Apr 2025 | £1090 | £310 |
| 25 Apr - 21 May 2025 | £1245 | £310 |
| 22 May - 31 Jul 2025 | £1275 | £310 |
| 1 - 24 Aug 2025 | £1170 | £310 |
| 25 Aug - 30 Sep 2025 | £1250 | £310 |
| 1 - 24 Oct 2025 | £1090 | £310 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£40 to -£50 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £40 to £50 |
Includes accommodation, meals and services integral to the holiday as described, plus walking notes and maps, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you. Please contact us to find out more about our flight booking service. We can also book connecting travel - see below.
7 nights: 01 April 2024 - 31 October 2024 & 01 April 2025 - 31 October 2025
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 24 Apr 2024 | £1390 | £295 |
| 25 Apr - 21 May 2024 | £1535 | £295 |
| 22 May - 31 Jul 2024 | £1570 | £295 |
| 1 - 24 Aug 2024 | £1465 | £295 |
| 25 Aug - 30 Sep 2024 | £1545 | £295 |
| 1 - 24 Oct 2024 | £1390 | £295 |
| 1 - 24 Apr 2025 | £1465 | £310 |
| 25 Apr - 21 May 2025 | £1620 | £310 |
| 22 May - 31 Jul 2025 | £1650 | £310 |
| 1 - 24 Aug 2025 | £1545 | £310 |
| 25 Aug - 30 Sep 2025 | £1620 | £310 |
| 1 - 24 Oct 2025 | £1465 | £310 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£150 to -£160 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £150 to £160 |
Includes all elements in the 'walk price', plus standard-class travel by Eurostar from London St Pancras to Lille or Paris, with onward travel as described below.
Included travel from the UK: UK–Lille/Paris (Eurostar), Lille/Paris–St Pierre des Corps (TGV), approx. duration 6h10 plus 0h45 taxi transfer. Home, St Pierre des Corps–Lille/Paris (TGV), Lille/Paris–UK (Eurostar), approx. duration 7h plus 1h30 taxi transfer.
> More about 'by rail' prices
> The 'rail experience': what to expect
If you book your holiday less than 10 months in advance of your travel date, seats may no longer be available at the tariffs on which our prices are based, but we may be able to offer you seats on the same services at a supplement.
7 nights: 01 April 2024 - 31 October 2024 & 01 April 2025 - 31 October 2025
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 24 Apr 2024 | £1160 | £295 |
| 25 Apr - 21 May 2024 | £1305 | £295 |
| 22 May - 31 Jul 2024 | £1340 | £295 |
| 1 - 24 Aug 2024 | £1235 | £295 |
| 25 Aug - 30 Sep 2024 | £1315 | £295 |
| 1 - 24 Oct 2024 | £1160 | £295 |
| 1 - 24 Apr 2025 | £1210 | £310 |
| 25 Apr - 21 May 2025 | £1365 | £310 |
| 22 May - 31 Jul 2025 | £1395 | £310 |
| 1 - 24 Aug 2025 | £1290 | £310 |
| 25 Aug - 30 Sep 2025 | £1370 | £310 |
| 1 - 24 Oct 2025 | £1210 | £310 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£160 to -£170 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £160 to £170 |
Includes all elements in the 'walk price', plus a return Channel crossing between Folkestone and Calais with LeShuttle for your party and one car.
We also include a transfer back to the first town at the end of your holiday to collect your car.
> More information about travelling self-drive
A supplement of approximately £65 per car per single journey applies for travel at key dates over Easter, while from May onwards a supplement of approximately £42 per car per single journey applies for travel over public holidays and at weekends during school holidays. See the self-drive page or contact us for more details.
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| Hotel de France, Chinon | ||
|---|---|---|
| Superior: 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2024 | £31 | |
| Superior: 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2025 | £32 |
| La Croix Blanche, Fontevraud | ||
|---|---|---|
| 'Mini suite': 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2024 | £33 | |
| 'Mini suite': 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2025 | £34 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
| Hotel de Biencourt, Azay-le-Rideau (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2024 | £90 | £149 |
| 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2025 | £94 | £155 |
| Hotel de France, Chinon (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2024 | £103 | £167 |
| 01 Apr - 31 Oct 2025 | £107 | £174 |
| La Croix Blanche, Fontevraud (with dinner) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr - 30 Apr 2024 | £155 | £201 |
| 01 May - 30 Sep 2024 | £190 | £236 |
| 01 Oct - 31 Oct 2024 | £155 | £201 |
| 01 Apr - 30 Apr 2025 | £165 | £213 |
| 01 May - 30 Sep 2025 | £200 | £248 |
| 01 Oct - 31 Oct 2025 | £165 | £213 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen - Paris CDG | Air France, KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Birmingham - Paris CDG | Air France, KLM |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Bristol - Paris CDG | Air France, easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Paris CDG | Air France, easyJet |
| Edinburgh - St Pierre des Corps via Paris CDG air/rail | Air France |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Glasgow - Paris CDG | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Leeds Bradford - Paris CDG | jet2 |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Liverpool - Paris CDG | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Paris CDG | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Heathrow - Paris CDG | British Airways |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London Southend - Paris CDG | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Stansted - Tours | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Paris CDG | Air France, easyJet |
| Manchester - St Pierre des Corps via Paris CDG air/rail | Air France |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Newcastle - Paris CDG | Air France, KLM |
| Newcastle - St Pierre des Corps via Paris CDG air/rail | Air France |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time stated in the connecting travel section, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you for any of the options listed above. We charge £35 per person for our flight booking service. Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
Connecting travel options - flying via Paris CDG
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| rail Paris CDG to St Pierre des Corps (1h40), taxi St Pierre des Corps to hotel (0h40) | £97-£101 | 1700 |
| rail Paris Montparnasse to St Pierre des Corps (1h05), taxi St Pierre des Corps to hotel (0h40) | £92-£96 | 1700 |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi hotel to St Pierre des Corps (1h30), rail St Pierre des Corps to Paris CDG (1h50) | £128-£135 | 1500 |
| taxi hotel to St Pierre des Corps (1h30), rail St Pierre des Corps to Paris Montparnasse (1h) | £125-£130 | 1500 |
Connecting travel options - flying via St Pierre des Corps SNCF
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi St Pierre des Corps to hotel (0h45) | £44-£46 | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi hotel to St Pierre des Corps (1h30) | £77-£80 | flexible |
Connecting travel options - flying via Tours
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| direct taxi Tours airport to hotel (0h45) | £55-£57 | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| direct taxi hotel to Tours airport (1h15) | £84-£87 | flexible |
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We liked the mixture of walking, and places of major interest to visit between walking days. We were a little disappointed that there was insufficient time between two long walks, to visit the Chateau of Usse.
The walk is very rural so very pretty scenery although we missed the acres of sunflowers in September as they'd gone over, which would have been lovely to see. Easy walking but some days are long. The cafes etc. open (a number were closed) in some of the villages have very limited opening times.
We loved the Chateaux & Vineyards Walking Holiday. Walks were beautiful and not too long because they were easy and flat; the notes were among the best we've experienced with Inntravel. Walking in mid-September allowed us to see fully ripened clusters of grapes in the vineyards, and to sample wild blackberries and figs along the trails. We particularly loved the full tasting-menu dinner in the quiet garden at L'Aigle d'Or in Azay-le-Rideau. Dinner in Chinon was difficult to find - a reservation somewhere, at least by the day before - is an absolute must. The hotel in Chinon was well-located, but although we upgraded, our room was absolutely tiny and without charm, very much like a typical Best Western, clean and corporate. We were able to negotiate a further upgrade with the hotel itself, to a lovely suite. The hotel in Fontevraud was very charming, with several places to lounge, and the nearby abbey not to be missed; we'd highly recommend an extra day here, one day for the abbey and one day for the longer circular walk to Cannes-St. Martin.
We liked the mixture of walking, and places of major interest to visit between walking days. We were a little disappointed that there was insufficient time between two long walks, to visit the Chateau of Usse.
The walk is very rural so very pretty scenery although we missed the acres of sunflowers in September as they'd gone over, which would have been lovely to see. Easy walking but some days are long. The cafes etc. open (a number were closed) in some of the villages have very limited opening times.
We loved the Chateaux & Vineyards Walking Holiday. Walks were beautiful and not too long because they were easy and flat; the notes were among the best we've experienced with Inntravel. Walking in mid-September allowed us to see fully ripened clusters of grapes in the vineyards, and to sample wild blackberries and figs along the trails. We particularly loved the full tasting-menu dinner in the quiet garden at L'Aigle d'Or in Azay-le-Rideau. Dinner in Chinon was difficult to find - a reservation somewhere, at least by the day before - is an absolute must. The hotel in Chinon was well-located, but although we upgraded, our room was absolutely tiny and without charm, very much like a typical Best Western, clean and corporate. We were able to negotiate a further upgrade with the hotel itself, to a lovely suite. The hotel in Fontevraud was very charming, with several places to lounge, and the nearby abbey not to be missed; we'd highly recommend an extra day here, one day for the abbey and one day for the longer circular walk to Cannes-St. Martin.
It is a sunny route which could be very hot, but we were fortunate to have a cloud coverage each day. It was fun to walk through the farmlands.
I would tell future customers to only fly to Tours if arriving mid afternoon. Any earlier they will only be able to drop off their bags and will have to walk the streets for 5 hours. Also, don't expect interesting walks or scenery. Keep bags light as no lifts and you'll have to carry your own bags up and down steep stairs.
We had spent lockdown dreaming about our next InnTravel holiday. When we eventually were able to make it we weren't disappointed. We went to pretty small towns/villages, stayed in lovely friendly small hotels and spent our days walking in beautiful countryside surrounded by trees, vineyards and fields of sunflowers. Perfect!!
Follow the information and notes in the packs they are invaluable!
A good holiday in a genuinely French part of the world.
This was the first holiday we've taken with Inntravel and we were really impressed. The walk routes were lovely, through vineyards and woodland and beside rivers. They followed tracks or quiet country lanes, we hardly saw any other people, let alone traffic, apart from when we came to villages. The walking notes were excellent and we didn't need to refer to the maps provided at all. We made occasional use of the GPS routes, to check where we were and to make sure we were still on track if there was any doubt. The hotels we stayed in were all excellent, with a good variety of buffet breakfast items and great picnics. In the hotels where an evening meal was provided, these were also very good. Where the evening meal was not included, we had researched restaurants before we left home and even made some bookings. The villages and towns were we stayed were all beautiful and the hotels were centrally located. We will definitely be booking another walking holiday with Inntravel next year.
Install one of the walking apps on the list and upload the GPS files and familiarise yourself with them while in Azay Le Rideau. Of the maps available, we found Komoot the best - one map, which covered the entire walking route, was free to download. The app worked offline and there is visual and voice guidance. OsmAnd did the same without voice guidance. The hotel in Azay Le Rideau organised a taxi for us to Villandry and we used an Android off-line map app (Maps.me) to walk the 13km back. Great training and a lovely walk. All of the hotels and provided meals were very good and met or surpassed the standard expected - highly recommended. You can do the transfers yourself to and from Paris but it takes a bit of effort to make the train connections yourself. Uber operate out of Tours (as advised by the local tourist office) to get to the start of the tour at Azay and the last hotel will arrange a taxi to get you to Saumur to catch a train back to Paris.
Please refer to my letter that i sent you a few weeks back for my comments. our best day was the last one because the walk took in EVERYTHING, chateaux, vineyards, old towns, rivers....SUPERB
A great choice of hotels as they were all very well located. The holiday (Châteaux & Vineyards walking holiday plus add ons in Berlin and Paris) was incredibly well organised. We really enjoyed the whole experience and would highly recommend to others.
Lovely area with great birds (my interest). The Chateau d'Islette was our favourite but the gardens st Villandry are a must if you have a car on day one. We would have been happy with more walking. We enjoyed learning a lot about the local wines and drinking way too much of it. Overall a lovely trip if quite pricey!
This was a great holiday, an excellent mix of walking and sightseeing. It became too hot for us, due to the heatwave, so we could not do the final walk, but Inntravel were helpful as always and we were able to have a ride with our luggage. We recommend booking your evening meals ahead, we had not expected to need to but even in June it was busy. The hotel staff were all very helpful. We strongly recommend this holiday.
We had an excellent walk in beautiful countryside and plenty of time to visit Church, Chateau, Fortress, Abbey and "Troglodyte" homes. We especialy enjoyed our walk to Montroreau at the confluence of the Vienne and the Loire and would recommend a light lunch at the charming Fleur de Sel. The fortress at Chinon was great and had some very wizzy tablets which gave a window into the past (really!)
We enjoyed our time in the Loire Valley, the Chateaux were well worth visiting, we were extremely lucky with the weather for the first four days however as we left Chinon for Fontevraud, the rain set in so it seemed a long slog along the river which we only caught a glimpse of. We were spurred on by the thought of a warm drink at the cafe in La Chaussée but sadly this was very closed!
The walk notes and background information were excellent.
We had excellent weather and this period hit the middle of the tulip and rapeseed season. The colours and variety of this plus the numerous wildflowers was quite breathtaking. There was a patch of bluebells just before we left the forest at Fontevraud which was amazing. The walk on the levee was quite long and hot. The last leg of the walk into Chinon through the vineyards, abbey and old town was very nice but it had been a long day by then. I think we would have enjoyed this part much more if we were not so tired.
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