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Doué-la-Fontaine: Historical City Tour with Wine Tasting

By A Petits Pas
Free cancellation available
Price is P 738 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Immersion in the era
  • Discover the history of the city in a way that is accessible to everyone
  • Tour at a leisurely pace
  • Entrance to a private winery

Activity location

    • Saumur
    • Saumur, Pays de la Loire, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Doué-la-Fontaine, 49700 Doué-en-Anjou, France | In front of the Tourist Office, near the wash house. The guide is dressed in period costume (17th century).
    • Doué-en-Anjou, Pays de la Loire, France

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    City tour + Anjou wine tasting

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs
  • Not suitable for: People over 70 years, People over 95 years

What you can expect

Maria de' Medici and Louis XIII arrive in Doué-la-Fontaine.
The Baron of Doué-la-Fontaine, Louis Gouffier, Count of Caravas, instructs Louis Langlois, Lord of Ruau, to inspect whether the town is ready to welcome them.
From nobles to artisans, everyone is working hard to ensure that the King of France and his mother discover the city's riches:

  • The Dagoberderie
  • The Collegiate Church of St. Denis
  • The Falconry
    -The tanneries
  • Las Arenas
    -The washhouse
    The tour ends with a visit to a private troglodyte cellar and a tasting of Anjou wines from the Domaine du Pont de Livier.
    Start and End: Place des Fontaines (in front of the Tourist Office).
    Departure time: 2:30 PM
    Tour duration: 3 hours
    By reservation only.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    • Saumur
    • Saumur, Pays de la Loire, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Doué-la-Fontaine, 49700 Doué-en-Anjou, France | In front of the Tourist Office, near the wash house. The guide is dressed in period costume (17th century).
    • Doué-en-Anjou, Pays de la Loire, France
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • 49400 Saumur, France | Molière Street, in front of Saumur Town Hall
    • Saumur, Pays de la Loire, France