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Visit Tours: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tours is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Indre-et-Loire department. (General information: Tours is 204 km from Paris and 405 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Tours (page also includes a photo gallery for Tours)
Popular places to visit near Tours: these include Chateau de Villandry at 15 km and Chateau d'Amboise at 22 km.
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 2km and Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 2km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Tours: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Tours has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Tours, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Tours
See France This Way travel guides for Indre-et-Loire and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Tours.
Note that all distances from Tours shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Tours holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Tours (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Indre-et-Loire gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Tours and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (2km) : Les jardins du château de Villandry (14km) : Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (16km) : Les jardins de la Chatonnière (22km) : Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (30km) : Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (38km) : Jardins du château de Poncé (41km) : Parc de Lathan (41km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (41km) : Les jardins du château du Rivau (43km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (22km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Crissay-sur-Manse (31km) : Lavardin (42km) : Montresor (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (2km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Amboise (22km) : Loches (39km) : Chinon (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Tours & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Tours
Canton: Tours
Arrondissement: Tours
Department: Indre-et-Loire
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 37000
Distance to Tours
from Tours: 0 km
from Paris: 204 km
from Calais: 405 km
from Nice: 656 km
from Bordeaux: 300 km
from Strasbourg: 542 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 10 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Tours): Ballan-Mire, Chambray-les-Tours, Joue-les-Tours, La Riche, La Ville-Aux-Dames, Parcay-Meslay, Rochecorbon, Saint-Avertin, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire and Saint-Pierre-Des-Corps.
Getting here
Indre-et-Loire is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ports such as Caen and Le Havre (about 3-4 hours drive from here) or fly into Paris and drive south from there. For driving distances to Tours from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Tours