Literary strolls along the Loire

With La Rabouilleuse, experience a literary moment on the Loire aboard a traditional boat. A little upstream from Tours, along the hillsides of Rochecorbon and Vouvray, come and enjoy a trip where the sailor is also an actor. The texts are not read but spoken and acted out by your pilot on the boat.

"I have a feeling I've already said this elsewhere: the Loire and Touraine have been praised far too much. It's time to do it justice. The Seine is much more beautiful than the Loire; Normandy is a much more charming 'garden' than Touraine...". Victor Hugo

Jean-Marie Sirgue, boatman and actor, is determined to prove the great Victor wrong, and will not hesitate to call on the likes of Balzac, Rabelais, Laclavetine, La Fontaine, Genevoix, Pennac, Beuriot and Maupassant...

Price doesn't include

The meal.

Practical informations

Departure guaranteed from 4 people. The service provider will contact you if there are not enough bookings.
Meet 15 minutes before departure.

Everyone is invited to bring a picnic to share. And don't forget to bring something suitable for the weather, as we'll be back at nightfall and it can be chilly, even in summer. You can park in the Saint-Georges car park (from Tours: 1st right after the Jean le Reste roundabout - Total station, same from Vouvray, as it's impossible to turn left directly), then walk along the Loire on the left, with the pontoon about 100 m away.