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Beautiful provincial city, pleasant French spoken here!
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None obvious, maybe ‘too quiet’ for some
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Tours, the Centre of the Loire Valley
15 Reviews Place Plumereau is the central square of Tours. It is the most picturesque and busiest place in Tours. Restaurants here are affordable, contrary to the habit of raising the price like hell in central squares. Therefore my advice is to take a table and enjoy a meal, a wine the view and the buzz.
26 Reviews I arrived at the train station in Tours and was met by Thierry. His plan was to take me to visit his childhood home in Noyant and along the way, he took me for a drive of the area around the Vallee du Loir. First we stopped at the castle in Saumur. The landscape on the route he took was beautiful...
31 Reviews Amateurs of the architecture of the end of the XIX century cannot pass by the extravagant pseudo-Byzantian basils. Sacred Martin's relics is based in a crypt. A legend tells us that he was a soldier of the Roman army who went in christianity when met a beggar in Amiens. You can watch my 3 min 15...
3 Reviews The building of the museum is the former archbishop palace in Tours. One of France best provincial museum, it houses wide range collections of painting and rugs from the great houses of Touraine during the Revolution, supplemented by loans from the Musée du Louvre and the French state, gifts,...
2 Reviews Loire - the river of the French kings. The history of France was managed on coasts of this small but very important river. Earlier it was navigable within all the year. Now its channel is essentially narrowed. I did not see any big ship during the travel. The quay had rather thrown and neglected...
1 Review and 29 Opinions Well so far so good I guess. We just arrived last night and we have not had a chance to head into...
Logis Hotel des Chateaux de la Loire
1 Review and 35 Opinions comfortable room at 4th floor (with elevator). good breakfast and parking it's near located in the...
Le Boeuf sur la Place: A Local Favorite
lmkluque Says: This small restaruant is on the old town square of Tours. It is not far from the Language University and the clientele seemed to be "regulars" and mainly from the academic community. Entering, my friend seemed to have serveral friends seated at some of the tables and we...
L'Arche de Meslay: Best restaraunt in France
TygerLyn Says: Classical, you can see Ludovic and his fellow chefs cooking from the restaraunt, spotlessly clean. Light and airy wth classical greek coloumns inside and out.Although set in the middle of a group of very cheap overnight hotels this place has class. Spotless table linen, all...
Van Gogh Cafe: An International Clientele
lmkluque Says: This is a small cafe/bar in a town square near a language university. So, as you might expect, a lively nightlife is centred here at Place Plumereau. This area is known as, "le Vieux Tours" and with the view of the medieval half timbered buildings it's a perfect place for...
June.b Says: The SNCF's intercity train is more cheaper than the TGV from Paris to Tours though a bit slower, took about 2 hours to reach Tours whereas the other one is less than 2. For the big difference in price I opted for the slower intercity that start from Gare D'Austerlitz. TGV on...
mallyak Says: Today, with its extensive rail (including TGV) and autoroute links to the rest of the country, Tours is a jumping off point for tourist visits to the Loire Valley and the chateaux of the kings.Tours is on one of the main lines of the TGV. You can travel down the Western...
hquittner Says: Outside the Cathedral as we emerged , we encountered the sound of a doleful bagpipe droning away as a memorial group assembled to enter the church for a special service. (Bagpipes on solemn occasions seem to show up all over the world).
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: A man swallowed fire and entertained tourists at the square.I don't know, whether it is a local custom, or a man swallowing fire is simply a guest performer. However I have seen such a show for the first time.
sarahb36 Says: I'm currently living in Amboise as an english assistant and so have visited Tours several times. My main warning is regarding a night club called Wake Up! Now it is free to get in which is brilliant; however if you do go be extra viligant about bags, purses, phones etc. My...
adawn412 Says: I may be totally off base but I was first directed to an internet place in Tours that just really gave me a bad vibe. I don't even know that it had a specific name but I remember very specifically where it is. At the northwest corner of Avenue de Grammont and Boulevard...
Kuznetsov_Sergey Says: Here are my guide books that provided me details about a geographic location, tourist attractions, or most interesting itineraries in Tours.Casa Editrice Bonechi – Italy. “The Golden Book”. Châteaux of the Loire Valley. 1995, 128 pages.France. Le Petit Fute. Michel...
6 Reviews I would have to admit that it's quite a while since I studied French at high school. One of our books was called 'La Belle France' and one of the few things I can recall from it was a photo of Chenonceau. I'm not sure if it was the lilting name or the fairy-tale appearance, but for some reason it...
2 Reviews Aquarium of Turen is the biggest in Europe aquarium of fresh-water fishes. I visited such a big aquarium for the first time. To tell the truth I chosed an excursion to this aquarium because castles of Loire by this moment had already a little bothered... It was necessary to distract a little from...
lmkluque Says: Visit Noyant if you want to experience small town living. I think it was considered a market town and though it was small, it was charming in a countryside way. A slower, quiet living type of community from what I saw.It took about a half hour to drive from Tours, so would...
lmkluque Says: I was given a tour of the yard. The had so many fruit trees on what I considered a small bit of land. One advantage to this was that they didn't need helpers or any type of machines to harvest the fruit, so it was perfect for a couple to manage on their own.The next stop...
lmkluque Says: Visiting my friend's family home in Noyant where he grew up was a interesting experience. They lived in small town, Noyant, in what might be considered a farm house. I'm not sure though. The farms and ranches that I'm used to are on hundreds or thousands of acres and no...
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The city of Tours, with a population of almost 150,000 (maybe double that if the surrounding districts are counted) is well worthy of a visit as a destination in its own right, quite apart from being...
Tours is known since times of Juli Caesar. It served as a temporary residence of french kings: Charles VII, Lui XI, Francisk I. Now it is the main city of Turen. Picturesque Place Plumereau is the...
TOURS is so very beautiful... it is for the very first time Gothic-styled architecture appeals to me! I've always found Gothic to be too stark & gloomy for my taste. That was in the past. Now, I've......
Pierre_Rouss's Tours and Loire region Page
Tours is nice, you can spend a day or two max to visit the city. You should circle the countryside to visit the Loire valley and its surroundings. As mentioned in my France homepage, I chose Tours as...
Rachel Suns Tour of France Page
This page is about my nine day car tour of France.I left norfolk,England on Saturday morning and caught the Hoverspeed boat from Dover To Calais about 11am.We arrived in France at 12 noon.France is an...
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