Touraine Evasion - Tours

Isa M. M.

Génial !! le matin au départ de Tours, devant l'office de tourisme, un mini van très confortable, le matin j'étais avec Elsa (anglophone) au top !! très sympatique. Le patron Patrick charmant et l'après midi, les autres châteaux avec Etienne, un super moment !! mon excursion était le numéro 9

Anne-Marie M.

Tout pour plaire! Le transport en mini-van climatisé pour la visite de six des plus célèbres et beaux châteaux. Une ambiance des plus conviviales avec un excellent guide multilingue (Étienne) aux petits soins pour nous orienter et tout expliquer.

shanereel

Une très belle expérience, notre chauffeuse Kim est superconseillée, grâce à elle on a pu profiter au maximum de notre visite! Bravo Kim, merci pour la gentillesse et pour les bons conseils!

Sophie L. D.

Bien

To C.

Time –
Summer 2016 when France had the big transportation strike and Loire river flood which impacted France tourism quite a bit. We were hesitant if we should stop by Paris before our Baltic cruise embarking from Coppenhagen but thought we can take a chance to support France’ tourism.
We had been to France a few times and this time is to visit Loire Valley Chateaus and Chenonceau is on top of our list.
Tour –
We had planned to book a tour with Acco-DiSPO recommended by Rick Steves. After our earlier train was cancelled due to the transportation strike, we can’t make the 9:00 departure time of the chateau tour.
Our second option is Touraine Evasion run by owner Patrick Marpault which has 9:30 departure time.
Before the trip, I had several emails with Patrick Marpault regarding our concern of the transportation strike. The day before we knew for sure the 9:10 arrival time train won’t be cancelled. Patrick confirmed we would be in the full day tour including Chenonceau. While we were checking in with Patrick and he told us the tour we booked was sold out. I said how can this be that you confirmed with us just the day before. He started to blame me and got nasty. Then he said we don’t have to take his tour knowing well that all other tours had left and we came from Paris just to do the chateau tour day trip. Clearly Patrick is not an honest owner and has this mind set of no returning business needed. Of all our visits to France, Patrick Marpault is the only rude person we ever met. No one came even close. After dealing with Patrick, we felt we need to take a shower. Just disgusting.

As the other reviewer said, Avoid Touraine Evasion (especially Patrick Marpault) at all cost. You may get lucky without any incident but you may get what we had experienced.

Navarone F.

Horrible. Driver stole money, pressured us to take cash out and called my wife stupid. He was not French either, not knowledgeable about chateaux and generally rude. Tour is very expensive and you have to pay for your own tickets to chateaux (explained) and wine tasting (not explained) at a large producer. The wine wasn't nice either. I'd recommend saving your money and hiring a car or a more reputable transport service.

Rosanna R.

Tre giornate indimenticabili per visitare i Castelli della Loira.Clemen Fernando è stata una guida professionale, competente, affabile e gentile e si è dato da fare in tutti i modi per rendermi il viaggio piacevole e senza problemi.Grazie.

Melinda M.

Avoid at all costs! This place is a rip off, the driver is extremely rude. He called me a rude name, and kept hassling me for cash, he made everyone pay for a wine tour which is meant to be included then he kept the money for himself. He also is not french, so he had no knowledge about anything. He was a poor driver and extremely aggressive. Absolute scam. Don't book