Loire Valley Exploration

Day 1 - Arrival and Departure from Paris
1000 - Chang arrives and take train to Paris. The remaining day will involve walking and enjoying the weather in Paris.
1900 - Take metro to Orly Airport. Trip is about 45 mins. M&J arrives at 2050.
2100 - Pick up car and start driving. Drive takes about 2.5 hrs. Call hotel owner.
0030 - Arrives at hotel and sleep. Map below … need to make sure to take the first left turn.

Hotel - Château de l'Hérissaudière
http://www.herissaudiere.com/index_eng.html
"L'Hérissaudière" Mme Claudine
DETILLEUX, 37230 PERNAY, FRANCE
Phone: +33 2 47 55 95 28
Cellphone: +33 6 03 22 34 45

Day 2 – Beginning of a fun filled day, I hope!
Wake up. Eat breakfast and leave. Don't want to rush since this is a vacation. Enjoy the countryside and drive. We shall visit 2 castles and 1 winery.

Places to visit
Castles: Château de Chenonceau and Château de Amboise
Winery: JM Monmousseau. Wine cellar in the cave!

Day 2 Extra Information
Castles
Château de Amboise – Tel: 33-0-2-47-57-00-98
http://www.chateau-amboise.com/
9 AM - 730 PM
8,50 €

Château de Chenonceau - Tel: 00 33 (0)2 47 23 90 07
http://www.chenonceau.com/media/gb/index_gb.php
9 AM - 7 PM
9,50 €

Château de Chambord
http://www.chambord.org/index.htm
9 AM – 615 PM

Winery Info
Fantastic underground wine cellar for wine tasting
http://www.monmousseau.com/EN/08.htm
10 AM – 7 PM (last tour is 6 PM)
Tel: 02-54-71-66-66
Address: BP 25 – 41401 MONTRICHARD CEDEX (LOIR & CHER), FRANCE

Day 3 – More fun and then go home for M&J. While Chang and M@ enjoy some more of Paris
We shall visit one castle: Château de Villandry. Amazing jardin!!!
Potential excursions:

   1.       Visit Orleans (Joan f Arc hometown!) or Tours
   2.       Quick wine tour at Vouvray, little famous white wine town

1700– Leaves Loire Valley and head back to Paris
2000 Drops M&J off at the airport and return car. C&M returns to Paris

Extra Information
Castle
Château de Villandry - Tel: +33 (0) 2 47 50 02 09
http://www.chateauvillandry.com
9 AM – 5 PM
8,50 €

Nice little excursion town, Vouvray
Description - http://france-for-visitors.com/loire/vouvray.html
Tour Guide - http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=fr%7Cen&u=http://www.ligeris.com/usa/gr_16.html&prev=/language_tools

Orleans - http://france-for-visitors.com/loire/orleans/the-city.html
Tours - http://france-for-visitors.com/loire/tours/the-city.html