The overall experience was great. We found the get-together place easily. It took unnecessary long to check all the passengers in before we left. We bought the deal that included a live guide, but were not listed as such, so we had to persuade the guide to include us in his team and only joined the guide group from the second castle. It is definitely better to have a guide, because there is no time to wonder around on your own. We only had 1 hour at Chambord to cover an ENORMOUS & impressive place. There is an informative video that runs for 17 minutes (which was quite nice since we had no guide for there). I would have liked to stay there for at least another 30 minutes. The other castles were smaller and could be seen more time-efficiently due to the live guide. It was amazingly beautiful - especially the second castle (Chenonceau). We stayed there for about 2 hours & had lunch there. Cheverny was also lovely. Make sure to save 10 minutes at each castle to buy souvenirs!

Great guides, awesome castles, but very few options for food which takes you to wait in long lines and go through the risk of not eating to avoid missing shuttles’ times. Buy food in the previous day and take it with you for at least 2 meals during the day trip.

El paseo para visitar los castillos de Loira fue muy bien planeado por parte del staff y de nuestra guía Rocío, quien en todo momento estuvo muy al pendiente del grupo informando los detalles del viaje y las visitas a los sitios; tambien agradecemos sus amplios conocimientos en el tema con lo cual fue muy agradable el tour, lo que no puedo entender como se contrata un autobús sin servicio de WC..? Creo que esto deja mucho que desear pues es un trayecto de más de 2.5 horas y no todos resisten el no ir al sanitario.