DAY 1

Start with the farmer’s market (saturday morning) to pick up some tasty Tours specialities. Discriminating gourmets will also find their heart’s desire at Label Échoppe, a cooperative grocery store in the village’s former post office, offering a fine range of local artisan products. Once you’ve filled up your basket, treat yourself to a picnic as you gaze at the Loire from the shade beneath the trees in the park next to the Saint-Georges car park.

After lunch, head to the Domaine Bourillon Dorléans estate. Since 1921, this estate has been growing the chenin grape variety on the hillsides of Rochecorbon, part of the Vouvray designation. Its troglodytic cellars feature 40 works of art sculpted in tuffeau stone, and the estate offers wine tastings.

In summer, enjoy the festive atmosphere of the Guinguette de Rochecorbon where you can dance on the dance floor and eat dinner beneath the lanterns at the river’s edge.