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Visit Tours: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Tours is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department (Centre 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);
Selected places to visit and attractions near Tours, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Tours and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Tours
- '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: Centre
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
Other communes near Tours (within 6 km): Ballan-Mire : Chambray-les-Tours : Joue-les-Tours : La Riche : La Ville-Aux-Dames : Parcay-Meslay : Rochecorbon : Saint-Avertin : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire : Saint-Pierre-Des-Corps :
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This page in French: Visitez Tours