Wine Tasting at Fairy Tale Loire Valley Château and Gardens du Rivau

• You can tailor the visit and spend as little or as a long time as you wish. Some visitors stay a couple of hours and others stay all day.
• Please note that the wine tastings are available between 12pm and 3.30pm.
• The visit is entirely self-guided and you will find panels in the gardens and the castle in French and English.
• You will be given a leaflet in your choice of French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Japanese or Russian.
• You can book a visit with audioguide. The audio-guide is available in English, French German, Flemish, Italian, Spanish and Chinese for adults. There is a special version for children in French and English.
• Meals: you can bring your own picnic or eat in our restaurant (open from March 26th - September 30th, October 3rd to October 7th and October 19th - November 2nd from 12am to 3pm. Last order: 2.30pm). Our restaurant offers delicious dishes mainly made with produce from our own garden and local suppliers.
• The Rivau is located in the Loire Valley in the Touraine region. It is accessible by train (train station Chinon), by plane (Tours airport) or by TGV (train station St Pierre des Corps) and by car. The Rivau is 2h30 from Paris by TGV.
• To get to the chateau du Rivau by car from Tours, take the A10 direction Poitiers and take exit 25 (St Maure de Touraine), follow the direction Chinon and the pannels chateau du Rivau.
• Free parking.
• Dogs on a leash are welcome.