Private driver in Saumur

Saumur station is linked by train to Angers and Tours. Many of our clients arrive by high-speed train at Angers Saint-Laud, three quarters of an hour away by road, or at Saint-Pierre-des-Corps near Tours, about an hour away. Your driver meets you at the train exit with your name, and waiting time is unlimited if your train is delayed.

If you are flying, Tours airport is about an hour from Saumur and Nantes Atlantique a little under two hours. Your driver tracks your flight and follows the actual landing time.

Saumur is one of the French capitals of sparkling wine. In Saint-Hilaire-Saint-Florent, at the foot of the hillside, the great houses open their cellars carved into the tufa, with miles of galleries. Across the river, the Saumur-Champigny vineyards can be visited by appointment, which we can arrange for you.

Your driver takes you from one house to the next, waits during each visit and keeps your purchases on board. You can enjoy the tasting with peace of mind, and the return to your hotel is at the time you choose.

• Cellar visits and tastings, from one house to the next
• A day in the Saumur-Champigny vineyards
• Dinner on the banks of the Loire, with an open return time

Saumur castle has overlooked the Loire since the Middle Ages; its white towers appear in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The town is also home to the Cadre Noir, the riding school whose displays draw enthusiasts from all over the world.

Your driver drops you as close as possible to each site, then collects you at the agreed time. Between visits the car waits for you: no parking to find, no bus timetable to follow.

About twenty minutes away, the royal abbey of Fontevraud holds the tomb effigies of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard the Lionheart. Further west, Doué-la-Fontaine and the village of Rochemenier keep dwellings and cellars carved into the rock, to discover in half a day.

Angers and its fortress are three quarters of an hour away. And if your journey continues to Brittany, the same driver can take you on to Vannes, Saint-Malo or Rennes.

Two couples from the United States spend three days in Anjou: a welcome at Angers station, check-in at a château hotel near Saumur, then a day of cellars and a day at Fontevraud and the troglodyte villages. A group of friends want to attend a Cadre Noir display, then have dinner on the banks of the Loire.

A company invites its clients to a tasting at one of the great Saumur houses: two vans handle the journeys from the station and the late-evening return to the hotels. A family on their way to Brittany stop for a day in Saumur before going on to Vannes with the same driver.