Duration: 1h30 - Price: from €10 Led by a guide, the Tours Loire Valley Tourist Office and the city of Tours offer you a tour of the Blanqui - Mirabeau district. In the 18th century, the construction of the Route d'Espagne changed the face of the city. Tours then developed along this new north-south axis. The building of the stone bridge (now the Wilson Bridge) opened up perspectives to the north of the Loire. And the Avenue de la Tranchée became an essential passage for Tourangeaux and travellers. The construction of the first tramway line also brought its share of changes.

Duration : 1h30 - Price : from 10 € Under the guidance of a guide, the Tourist Office and the city of Tours offer you a visit in the footsteps of Balzac Born in Tours on 20 May 1799, Honoré de Balzac retained a real affection for his native city throughout his life. In the preface to his "Contes drolatiques", he states that he had "no desire to be anything other than a good Touraineur" and his precise descriptions have given rise to his reputation as a fine connoisseur of the monuments, streets and history of Tours. This tour puts the architecture of the city into perspective in Balzac's work.

Duration: 1h30 - Price: from €10 Led by a guide, the Tours Val de Loire Tourist Office and the City of Tours are offering a ‘Street Art’ tour, route 3. Winners of the participatory budget launched in 2022 by the City of Tours, the Blumonday collective has painted various buildings in the Sanitas district. As landmarks for local residents, these buildings have become works of art. Discover this open-air art trail.

Duration : 1h30 - Price : from 10 € Tours Loire Valley Tourist Office and the city of Tours offer a themed tour of the former Abbey of Marmoutier. Hermitage of Saint Martin.  A guided tour of the landscape and monumental dimensions of Marmoutier Abbey, and a discovery of its archaeological remains.  Surrounded by a cliff, in a meander of the Loire, the Marmoutier site stands out for its tranquility and picturesque character. It was on this site, occupied since antiquity, that Saint Martin founded a small hermitage in the 4th century, which rapidly developed into a prestigious abbey of considerable influence. Restored and maintained until the French Revolution, the abbey was partly demolished in the 19th century. Since 1981, the City of Tours has been the owner of the hillside and adjoining land where most of the preserved ancient buildings are located. Every summer, the site hosts a programmed archaeological dig, which you can discover on this tour. This tour has been awarded the Ville d'Art et d'Histoire label.