expedia
Skip to main content

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

By A Petits Pas
Free cancellation available
Price is $12 per adult
See tickets

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

Check availability

Doué la Fontaine: historical tour of the town with wine tasting
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • French
Language options: French
Starting time: 2:30PM
Price details
$13.89 x 2 Adults$27.78
Total
Price is $27.78

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

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

  • 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