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EXPERIENCE The Loire Valley

The picturesque place
Plumereau, nestled in
Tour’s medieval heart

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TOURS SLEEP

! C3 ⌂ Indre-et-Loire k £ @ n 78 rue Bernard Palissy;
www.tours-tourisme.fr Château De Beaulieu
Built over a Roman town, Tours was once the capital of This grand château has
splendid views, formal
France. The city was bombarded by the Prussians in French gardens and a
1870, then bombed in World War II, suffer ing extensive luxury spa.
damage. During the latter part of the 20th centry its ⌂ 67 rue de Beaulieu,
historic centre underwent regen eration. Joué-les-Tours
∑ chateaude
beaulieu37.com
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Place Plumereau Église St-Julien de St-Symphorien
Pont Suspendu
Pont
This pretty pedestrianized ⌂ 20 rue Nationale § 02 Hôtel de Biencourt 0 metres 200 N L o i r e Wilson A V E N U E A N D R É M A L R A U X
square, found in the medi eval 47 70 21 00 # Hours vary, Just outside of town, 0 yards 200 Château
heart of the city, is surrounded call ahead this charming hotel PL ACE DE GUISE Royal
by fairy-tale half-timbered offers modern rooms ANATOLE- Musée du RUE FOIRE LE ROI RUE DES JACOBINS R. DES AMANDIERS R U E L A V O I S I E R RU E ALB E RT T HO M A S
FR ANCE
Compagnonnage
houses and cute pavement- Once part of a Benedictine and a pretty terrace. UNIVERSITÉ CATHÉDRALE
RUE DE LA TOUR
Centre de Création
side cafés, as well as a number abbey, this church was named ⌂ 7 rue de Balzac, R U E D E S TA N N E U R S Porte de Église R U E CO L BERT Cathédrale
Loire
St-Gatien
PL. DE
of boutiques and galleries. after St Julien, whose relics it Azay-le-Rideau Musée du JOULINS Contemporain St-Julien R U E V O LT A I R PLACE
Olivier Debré
RUE DU
The streets leading off from houses. Its Gothic monastic ∑ hotelbiencourt.fr Gemmail R U E L IT T RE COURIER RUE P.L. COMMERCE RUE DU C YG N E RUE DE LA BARRE CATHÉDRALE R. FLEURY
DE LA
the square, such as the pictur- cells and chapter house con- ¡¡¡ RUE DU RUE BRICONNET RUE DE LA PAIX R U E N A T I O N A L E Grand
PLACE
esque rue Briçonnet, reveal tain a small wine museum. RUE BRETONNEAU MÛRIER RUE DU COMMERCE R. DE CONSTANTINE RUE BERTHELOT E Théàtre FRANÇOIS- Musée des
POIRIER
a selection of half-timbered RUE DU R. DE LA MONNAIE PLACE DE LA RU E D E L A SCEL LERI E SICARD Beaux-Arts R. DES
RÉSISTANCE
Place
façades, hidden courtyards Plumereau PL. DE LA URSULINES
R UE J ULES FAVR E
MONNAIE
and crooked towers. A gate- PLACE DU PLACE DE R. DE LUCÉ
way leads to the unusual place 3 "' GRAND MARCHE Tour CHÂTEAUNEUF Nationale RU E É MI LE -ZO L A
St-Pierre-le-Puellier, a square Tour Charlemagne 56 m (183 ft) high, it is all that Charlemagne R U E M A R C E A U RUE DES DÉPORTÉS Eglise R U E B E R N A R D P A L I S S Y
which contains sunken Gallo- ⌂ Place de Châteauneuf remains of St Martin’s, the R U E D E S H A L L E S R DE JERUSALEM RUE DE LA PREFECTURE R U E J U L E S S I M O N
Basilique
Réformée
Roman remains alongside a church which originally stood Tour RUE DESCARTES St-Martin Square
de la
Romanesque church, which In place de Châteauneuf lies on this site. It was built to Horloge Préfecture
has been converted into a the impressive Romanesque house the tomb of Luitgard, R U E N E R I C A U L T - D E S T O U C H E S R. GAMBETTA R U E N A T I O N A L E R U E B U F F O N Palais des
Congrès
charming café. Tour Charlemagne. Standing wife of Charlemange, who PLACE GASTON PAILLHOU Château de Beaulieu R U E D E C LO C H E V I L L E de Tours
R. DE SULLY
4.5 km (3 miles)
290 Hôtel de Biencourt Gare SNCF/Routière B LVD HEURTE LOU P
25 km (15.5 miles)
200 m (220 yd)
PLACE GASTON PAILLHOU
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