Service:
Upon request, we would be happy to create a non-committal, individual program that suits your interests and your personal time scheme. For a corresponding price, your German contact can arrange everything possible on site.
Tour(s) of specialities:
The old city of Tours offers not only museums and churches. You will be amazed by the numerous stores, the shopping areas of the Rue Nationale and the alleys. Whether it be international Haute Couture or small antique shops with good deals - you will find everything here within a 2 kilometer radius. The kilometer long flower market on the central Boulevard Béranger will make you speechless. Have lunch in open air on the Place Plumereau in the middle of half-timbered buildings and the typical French flair - it will be unforgettable. Let yourself enjoy the many merchants at the market hall: fresh fish like mussels year-round, fruit and vegetables from the region and specialties from Touraine, truffles from the Loire Valley, rillettes de Tours, a good wine from Chinon accompanied by a full mouth of goat cheese like St. Maure. The rich offer of restaurants will turn you into a gourmet eater.
Attractions:
The city of Tours and the surrounding Loire Valley belong to the cultural heritage of UNESCO and offer alone multiple excursions: the castles along the Loire are world-famous and countless medieval constructions in the old city of Tours await you. Discover the Loire and her with a boat tour: they will attract you with their untouched, magical landscape and a lot of small enchanting islands offer you a short rest. See how cheese is made by hand and visit on of the many vineyards. The museum 'Beaux Arts' is unique in the region. Festivals, exhibitions and fairs add to the cultural life of this city which is incomparable to any other city. If you are interested in sports, then you should use the diverse possibilities: golf in a castle park, tennis, kite flying, biking or hiking. Or how about visiting one of the Loire castles with a hot-air balloon?
