Stuck? Loire Valley on Sunday?

Hi,

My fiance and I are planning two nights in the Loire valley as part of our honeymoon and want to see three of four Chateaux in this time.

We are arriving by train on a Sunday in Tours at approximately 11am. Because it is Sunday, I have realised I won%26#39;t be able to hire a car till Monday morning. I have read on other posts that everything will be closed on Sunday. Is this correct?

If I cannot hire a car on Sunday, is there any way I could visit a Chateau (eg. Villandry) in the afternoon? I fear that we may waste our limited time by being stuck!

Thanks very much

Mark

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not at all correct. Most tourist attraction (and all the chateaux) that are open at that time of year will be open on a Sunday. Chenonceaux is open every day of the year, the gardens (but not the chateau) at Villandry is open every day of the year, and Azay-le Rideau is open every day of the year except January 1, May 1 and December 25.

Hiring a car on Sunday will be a problem. You could, however, catch a train to Chenonceaux from Tours - its a 25 minute journey reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en…

Simon

http://daysontheclaise.blogspot.com/

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I found a website (www.acco-dispo.com)site on another forum, that offers minivan tours of Loire Valley chateaux from Tours.

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Thanks very much for the help Wizard and Diane. Diane, I couldn%26#39;t get your link to work.

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This is the right website for Acco-Dispo: http://www.accodispo-tours.com/

You can find other companies offering tours here: http://www.ligeris.com/excursions_en.php (it%26#39;s the official website of Tours - the city :-)

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