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Doué la Fontaine: Historical tour of the city with wine tasting

By A Petits Pas
Free cancellation available
Price is €11 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Dive into the era
  • Discover the city's history, accessible to all
  • A tour at a leisurely pace
  • Visit 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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Saumur: tour of the city in the footsteps of the Protestants
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • French

The tour will take you in the footsteps of Anne Dacier, the Protestant Academy, the homes of Marc Ducan and Louis Cappel, and past the Temple.

Language options: French
Starting time: 14:30
Price details
€10.50 x 4 Adults€42.00
Total
Price is €42.00
Until Fri, 13 Mar

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
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Marie de Medici and Louis XIII arrive in Doué-la-Fontaine.
The baron of Doué-la-Fontaine, Louis Gouffier, Count of Caravas, asks Louis Langlois, lord of Ruau, to check if the city 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
  • The Arenas
  • The washhouse
    The tour ends with a visit to a private troglodyte cellar and a tasting of Anjou wines from the Pont de Livier estate.
    Departure and arrival: Place des Fontaines (in front of the Tourist Office).
    Departure time: 2:30 p.m.
    The tour lasts 3 hours
    By reservation only.

Location

Activity location
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    • 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