The urban area of Tours (nearly 300.000 inhabitants) has a leading part to play in the Loire Valley. It is only one hour from Paris by high-speed train (TGV).

It was first a Gallo-Roman settlement (1st - 4th centuries), home to the kings of France in the 15th and 16th centuries, and a provincial capital in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Tours is an attractive city: people come here to enjoy our cultural, artistic and gastronomic resources.

Tours is both very French and very European, located as it is at the hub of a communications network with extensive facilities for visitors and a well-developed taste for good living. The city's history and energetic restoration policy have left Tours with a rich heritage. You can enjoy a really rewarding visit (monuments, museums, streets, gardens, ...).