Tours

Tours

Guide of the Indre-et-Loire

Guide of the Indre-et-Loire

Capital of the Touraine area, Tours is also a Town of Art and History, and was the capital of the Kingdom of France in the 15th and 16th centuries. The town has preserved numerous traces of its prestigious past in the form of buildings, monuments and mansions.

Plumereau square in the heart of the old town is extremely lively. Lined with pretty timber-framed houses, this pedestrian square offers plenty of very pleasant café and restaurant terraces to relax on and admire the beautiful facades, some of which have preserved picturesque wooden sculptures. Next stop is Saint-Gatien cathedral and its richly decorated facade. This late Gothic religious monument is unusual in that it possesses magnificent windows dating from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.

Those who like museums also have lots to choose from:

  • Touraine Archaeological Museum is located in the Gouin mansion, an elegant building of Renaissance architecture;

  • Historial de Touraine in the Tours château recounts the major events in Tours's history through some 100 costumed characters;

  • Fine Art Museum in the former Archbishops' Palace with art collections from the Middle Ages to the 20th century;

  • Non-leaded stained glass museum in Raimbault mansion;

  • Touraine Wine Museum in the cellars of Saint-Julien abbey.

A great program ...

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