Tours is a city in France, the prefecture of Indre-et-Loire department in central region. The old town is located between the Loire and Cher rivers. The city has a population of 140,000 inhabitants and is called the Garden of France ("Le Jardin de la France"), due to its many parks.

Starting time Wales Tours is known as crossing the Loire. The city then called Civitas Turonorum, after the name of the respondents Galli Turones to sit there.

Tours has long had a reputation as a conservative town, bourgeois, but the growing number of commuters in Paris (now in less than an hour away on the TGV line), I have animated significant.

St Gatien Cathedral: definitely worth a visit as one of the most beautiful in the region and even from France. Inside you will find numerous decorations and religious objects.

Place them Puellier St.Pierre: situated in the old town of Tours, being its center, this square is surrounded by many old houses, small shops, restaurants.

Wine Museum: an original museum, where you'll learn all about the wine industry and its history in the region of Touraine.

Musee des Beaux Arts: a great museum for those passionate about art, with a rich collection of paintings, which are found in works by Rembrandt and Hals.

Musee du Compagnonnage: here you can learn more about guilds that have built castles in the region.