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Topic | Sciences and discovery |
Departure | TOURS (37) |
Details | Tours is a city of the Indre-et-Loire department and the largest city of the Centre department. |
The main monuments

- Saint-Gatien cathedral
- Cloister of the Psalette
- Saint Julien church
- Saint-Martin basilica
- The 'Tour Charlemagne' and the 'Tour de l'Horloge' (towers)
- Marmoutier abbey
- Saint-Éloi Priory
- The 'Palais des Archevêques' a bishop palace
- The castle of Tours
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Châteauneuf de Saint-Martin

Saint-Martin of Tours basilica, which houses the tomb of martin of Tours was built a second time between 1886 and 1924 by Victor Laloux, in a neo-byzantin style.
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Musée de Compagnonnage

This museum is unique in the world. It contains the masterpieces, tools, illustrated and written records of the Tour de France since 1840.
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Hotel Gouin

Touraine Archeological Society collection: prehistory, Gallo-Roman and medieval archeology, as well as medieval and Renaissance and 17th and 18th centuries arts. The most beautiful example of Renaissance domestic architecture in Tours.
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Tours' 30 markets

Traditional markets :
- Tuesday morning : St Paul, Paul Bert, Bd Heurteloup
- Wednesday : Halles, Beaujardin, Coty, Fontaines
- Thursday : Strasbourg, Velpeau, Beffroi
- Friday : St Paul, Blanqui, Rives du Cher
- Saturday : Halles, Beaujardin, Coty, Coppee, Fontaines
- Sunday : Maine, Velpeau, Rabelais
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Tourism near

- 4 Museum
- 12 Monuments
Cloître de la Psalette à Tours
Cathédrale Saint-Gatien
Château de Villandry
Eglise Saint-Florentin
Château d'Azay-le-Rideau
Tour de l'Horloge
Château d'Amboise
Château de Langeais
Château du Clos Lucé
Église Saint-Saturnin
Fontaine Max Ernst
Château de Chenonceau
Tours

Sites and museums

Sites and museums

Walks
Information within a radius of 30 km