FRANCE · 7 DAYS · $$
Loire & Bordeaux Wine Country
Storybook châteaux and long cellar lunches between the vines.
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DAYS
7
PLACES
20
ROUTES
3
1
Amboise & Chambord
Château de Chambord
Renaissance masterpiece with double helix staircase
10:00
Château du Clos Lucé
Leonardo da Vinci's final residence
14:30
Le Château d'Amboise
Royal château overlooking the Loire
18:00
2
Sancerre & Pouilly-Fumé
Henri Bourgeois
Sancerre winery with panoramic vineyard views
11:00
Château de Sancerre
Medieval fortress above Loire vineyards
15:00
Domaine Didier Dagueneau
Pouilly-Fumé's most prestigious estate
17:30
3
Châteauneuf-sur-Loire to Bordeaux
Château de Sully-sur-Loire
Moated fortress on the Loire
10:30
La Tupina
Bordeaux institution for regional cuisine
20:00
4
Saint-Émilion
Château Ausone
Premier Grand Cru Classé tasting
10:30
Saint-Émilion Village
Medieval wine village UNESCO site
14:00
Château Canon
Premier Grand Cru Classé cellar dinner
19:00
5
Pauillac & Médoc
Château Lafite Rothschild
Pauillac's legendary First Growth
10:00
Château Margaux
Margaux's crown jewel estate
14:30
Cordeillan-Bages
Relais & Châteaux among the vines
18:00
6
Sauternes & Graves
Château d'Yquem
World's greatest dessert wine estate
10:30
Château Haut-Brion
Graves First Growth with historic cellars
15:00
La Grand'Vigne
Two-Michelin-star dining at Les Sources
19:30
7
Bordeaux City
Place de la Bourse
18th-century architectural masterpiece
10:00
Cité du Vin
Immersive wine culture museum
14:00
Le Pressoir d'Argent
Gordon Ramsay's Michelin-starred Bordeaux outpost
19:30