Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Tours, France

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Number of sights 23 sights
Distance 4.8 km
Ascend 45 m
Descend 43 m

Experience Tours in France in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in ToursIndividual Sights in Tours

Sight 1: Église Notre-Dame La Riche

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The Church of Notre-Dame-la-Riche is a church in the city of Tours in the Vieux-Tours, rue Georges-Courteline, in the Indre-et-Loire department. It gave its name to the town of La Riche.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-la-Riche (FR)

563 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Hôtel des ducs de Touraine

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The Hôtel des Ducs de Touraine is a private mansion located in Tours in the Vieux-Tours, 15 place de Châteauneuf. The courtyard facades of this building have been listed as historical monuments since 10 January 1928.

Wikipedia: Hôtel des ducs de Touraine (FR)

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Tour de l'Horloge

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The Clock Tower is a vestige of an old basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours and located in Tours, rue des Halles, in Old Tours. It is classified as a historical monument by the list of historical monuments of 1840.

Wikipedia: Tour de l'Horloge (Tours) (FR)

77 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Tour Charlemagne

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The Charlemagne Tower is a vestige of an old basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours and located in Tours, rue des Halles in Old Tours. It has been classified as a Historic Monument since September 13, 1958.

Wikipedia: Tour Charlemagne (FR)

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Basilique Saint-Martin

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The Basilica of St. Martin is a Roman Catholic basilica dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, over whose tomb it was built. It is located in Tours, France.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours (EN)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Enceinte de Martinopole

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The enclosure of Châteauneuf is a wall surrounding the town of Châteauneuf de Saint-Martin. It is also called the "Martinopole enclosure".

Wikipedia: Enceinte de Châteauneuf (FR)

440 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré

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The Olivier-Debré Centre for Contemporary Creation is a contemporary art centre located in Tours.

Wikipedia: Centre de création contemporaine Olivier-Debré (FR), Facebook, Website

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Hôtel Goüin

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The Hôtel Goüin is a hôtel particulier in Tours, France.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Goüin (EN), Website

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Musée du Compagnonnage

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The Musée du Compagnonnage de Tours is a French municipal museum located in the city of Tours, north of the Rue Nationale. The museum of the beautiful work[to be defined] is set up in the former abbey of Saint-Julien.

Wikipedia: Musée du Compagnonnage de Tours (FR), Website

96 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Église Saint-Julien

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Église Saint-Julien This photo was taken by Eusebius (Guillaume Piolle).Feel free to reuse it, but always credit me as the author as specified below. / CC BY 3.0

The church of Saint-Julien de Tours, located in Tours in the Vieux-Tours in France, is the abbey church of a former Benedictine abbey whose origin dates back to the sixth century; it dates mainly from the thirteenth century. It was classified as a historical monument by the 1840 list.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Julien de Tours (FR), Website

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Fontaine de Beaune-Semblançay

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The Beaune-Semblançay fountain is a sixteenth-century fountain, still functional, located in Tours in the Vieux-Tours. It has been classified as a historical monument since 12 July 1886.

Wikipedia: Fontaine de Beaune-Semblançay (FR)

0 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Ruines de l'Hôtel de Beaune-Semblançay

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The Hôtel de Beaune-Semblançay is a former private mansion of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries located in Tours in the Old Tours, one of the few vestiges of the city's Renaissance architecture. This building has been classified as a historical monument since 9 August 1941 and 21 October 1947.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Beaune-Semblançay (FR)

370 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Maison dite de Bonaventure

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356 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Grand Théâtre

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The Grand Théâtre de Tours is a municipal building classified as a historical monument located on rue de la Scellerie in Tours in the Vieux-Tours. With a performance hall of more than nine hundred seats, it is the headquarters of the Tours Opera, which has a permanent choir and also houses the Symphony Orchestra of the Centre-Val de Loire-Tours region.

Wikipedia: Grand Théâtre de Tours (FR)

243 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Église Saint-Grégoire des Minimes

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The church of Saint-Grégoire des Minimes is located in Tours, rue de la Préfecture, next to the Lycée Descartes, former major seminary of Saint Charles de Tours until the revolution. It was originally the conventual church of the convent of the Minim Friars. Within it the Tridentine rite is practiced.

Wikipedia: Église Saint-Grégoire des Minimes (FR), Website

351 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Hôtel Liébert-de-Nitray

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125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Fritz l'éléphant

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Fritz the Elephant (1870s – June 11, 190 France 2) was an Asian elephant owned and operated by the American circus company Barnum & Bailey.

Wikipedia: Fritz l'éléphant (FR)

164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Cathédrale Saint-Gatien

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Tours Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, and dedicated to Saint Gatianus. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Tours, the metropolitan cathedral of the Tours ecclesiastical province. It was built between 1170 and 1547. At the time construction began, the church was located at the south end of the bridge over the river Loire, on the road from Paris to the south-west of France. It has been a classified monument historique since 1862. Since 1905 it has been owned by the French State, with the Catholic Church having the exclusive rights of use.

Wikipedia: Tours Cathedral (EN)

11 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 19: Musée des Beaux-Arts

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Musée des Beaux-Arts Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Museum of Fine Arts of Tours is located in the former episcopal palace, near the cathedral in Old Tours.

Wikipedia: Musée des beaux-arts de Tours (FR)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 20: Cloître Saint-Gatien dit de la Psalette

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The cloister of the Saint-Gatien de Tours Cathedral, or Cloister of the Psalette, is located in the Saint-Gatien district of Old Tours. It is managed by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1889.

Wikipedia: Cloître de la Psalette (FR)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Amphithéâtre de Tours

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The Tours amphitheater is a Roman amphitheatre located in the historic city center of Tours, France, immediately behind the well known Tours cathedral. It was built in the 1st century when the city was called Caesarodunum. It was built atop a small hill on the outskirts of the ancient urban area, making it safe from floods, convenient for crowds and visitors, and demonstrating the power of the city from a distance. The structure was an enormous, elliptical structure approximately 122 meters by 94 meters. According to its design it is classified as a "primitive" amphitheatre. Unlike the famous Colosseum that was made mostly of masonry and built above-ground, the Tours amphitheatre was made mostly of earth and created by moving soil and rock into a bowl shape. Spectators likely sat directly on the grassy slopes, while the masonry was primarily used for the vomitoria and retaining walls.

Wikipedia: Tours Amphitheatre (EN)

342 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 22: Chapelle Saint-Libert

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The Chapel of Saint-Libert is an old Romanesque church dating mainly from the twelfth century, located in the oldest district of Tours, partly built on the rampart of the Gallo-Roman castrum of the fourth century, along the Loire. Its nave has been listed in the supplementary inventory of historical monuments since December 2, 1946 on the initiative of the Archaeological Society of Touraine (SAT).

Wikipedia: Chapelle Saint-Libert (Tours) (FR), Url

473 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 23: Château de Tours

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Château de Tours This photo was taken by Eusebius (Guillaume Piolle).Feel free to reuse it, but always credit me as the author as specified below. / CC BY 3.0

The Château de Tours is a castle located in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Wikipedia: Château de Tours (EN), Website

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