Guided tours

Duration: 2h - Price: from 12 € Led by a guide, the Tours Loire Valley Tourist Office and the city of Tours are offering a themed tour by night. Unveiled in November 2018, the lighting plan highlights and emphasises the monuments and urban spaces. Along the way and at nightfall, the soft and subtle lighting reveals the beauty of Tours' architecture. This tour takes you to the city's emblematic sites to learn about the history and specific features of Tours' heritage.

Duration: 1h30 - Price: from10 € Under the guidance of a guide, the Tours Loire Valley Tourist Office and the city of Tours offer you a tour:  housing estates in Tours in the late Middle Ages A guided tour of the exceptional housing estates of the late Middle Ages in Tours.  At the end of the Middle Ages, when the population of Tours was rising considerably, the city's inner city and suburbs responded to the demand for housing by building housing estates. Sometimes little-known, these remarkable ensembles reveal the distinctive features of the urban dwelling in Tours. The tour ends in the Vieux Tours district. This tour has been awarded the Ville d'Art et d'Histoire label.

Duration : 1h30  Led by a guide, the Tours Loire Valley Tourist Office and the city of Tours offer you a tour of the Blanqui - Mirabeau district. Under the Ancien Régime, the city of Tours developed as its successive city walls were built.  In the 19th century, with the annexation of Saint-Etienne-Extra, the city confirmed its expansion towards the south. The second half of the 19th century was marked by the multiplication of large urban construction sites that met a growing need for housing. Finally, the annexation of the communes of Saint-Symphorien and Sainte-Radegonde, in 1964, enabled the town to expand northwards. Reservations must be made in advance at the Tourist Office or online. No sales on site.

Under the guidance of a guide, the Tours Loire Valley Tourist Office and the city of Tours offer you a tour of the Saint Eloi - Bretonneau district. Under the Ancien Régime, the city of Tours developed as its successive walls were built. In the 19th century, with the annexation of Saint-Étienne-Extra, the city confirmed its expansion towards the south. The second half of the 19th century was marked by the multiplication of large urban construction sites that met a growing need for housing. Finally, the annexation of the communes of Saint-Symphorien and Sainte-Radegonde, in 1964, enabled the town to expand northwards.