Our trip arranged by Gourmet Tour was simply amazing. This is the best way to travel, if you want to travel at your own pace and have someone do all the planning for you. With initial contact with John, he would ask us every little details of what we like and don’t like. He gave us valuable suggestions. We want... More

The other reviews go into much detail about personal service, attention to detail, quality of the accommodation, itinery, special access to wineries, sites of interest, private wine classes and tastings, spectacular restaurants, ..... In my experience, it's all true. We (2 friends) had a simply brilliant and stress free week doing things we could never have organised from Australia in... More

My wife and I had a very pleasant experience last Oct in Bordeaux. The drive tour was well organized by John of Gourmet Touring. His service was excellent. Except the accommodation at Chateau Pian, nearly all the other spots were up to expectation. I have no reservation to recommend their service to you.

We asked John for a semi-last-minute week in Bordeaux filled with wine experiences and fine dining. Be careful what you ask for... John set us up with a GPS loaded with info for our custom itinerary including winery visits all over Bordeaux, a left-bank Bordeaux wine class, a remarkable cooking class (see my separate review of le Petit Source), an... More

John was so accomidating from the very first phone call.Our tour was perfect and everything and more than we even imagined. There were nine of us and we arrived on a cruise ship and did two days with Gourmet Touring . I really felt we were introduced to more of the native scene than just where all the tourist go.... More

We asked John to put together a 2-day tour for a group of 7 of us. Our group has traveled all around the globe and we agreed after that this was one of the best or the best experience we've ever had! I must say we all would have enjoyed a 2-seater convertible, but to fit 7 would have been... More

we made this trip at the last minute and asked John to prepare a 4 day trip on the day we were boarding the plane to Paris. We were encouraged by the fact that his past customers had written about such great experiences that we did not feel the need to vet his choices - not that there was time... More

I am a regular contributor to TripAdvisor and I found the recent reviews of Gourmet Touring (GT) very helpful to put together a 3-day focused but relaxed self-drive tour east and south of Bordeaux. I note that there are 69 reviews so far for GT with 67 as "excellent" and 2 rated "terrible" with nothing in between. Let me be... More

If you want a fantastic driving tour in the Bordeaux region, call upon John and Sian Mears of Gourmet Touring. Based on your preferences, they will create a bespoke itinerary of the area including car rental and accommodations. GT set up appointments at the wine chateaus of our choice and we enjoyed private tours of the wine estates as well... More