Tours Travel Blogs

On my return to Tours, dinner was in the Old town (Vieux Tours) - dinner was mashed potatoes with heavenly cumin-capsicum sauce followed by a nice dessert and a walk around town. I was hoping I could get some book shopping in but all stores close by 7pm so I couldn't make it in time. But after dinn…

About an hour and half by TGV from the Roissy we arrived the Tours. I see it's a student's town. A lot of younger peoples and town is calm...very nice atmoshere.My daughter got high fever for tired.  She couldn't stand walking a lot. Sometimes need rest sitting on my baggage.&nb…

Here are a few photos that I took while I walked around Tours. I thought Tours was a great city. It's small enough to do a lot of walking without being overwhelmed. I always had the daytime to explore the city by myself since my wife was occupied with her conference. They offered tours and acti…

            This weekend I went to Tours France with some friends. We left on Friday. We took the 4 hour train ride to Paris. The car we were in was horrible because it was filled with 10-12 year olds. It was us one older co…

ı traveled through beautıful France wıth my sıster and then ı went ıt on my own, ı vısıted the frıends ı met ın Amsterdam. ı really had a cool tıme, ı thınk ı wıll be goıng back some tıme thıs year, maybe see more of parıs?

On the 2nd day in France, I took the TGV and visited Tours.. which is one of the oldest and most historic town in France.. Upon arrival in Tours at 9pm, I was delighted that the air was fresh and the sun was still up.. Guillaume's mother came by and fetched us by car to their home.. And it was a l…

Weekend trip to Tours with a friend!

The start of our holiday was quiet hectic. I had picked Kaija and her friend up in the airport the at midnight the day before. She was coming back from a weeks holiday in Spain all tanned up. (cheating). It was the first time she saw the new apartment that will be our home the coming years. We had …

A chronicle of the 3-4 months I spent travelling around Western Europe over the summer of 2004. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed the experience of it.

Ok, so it’s taken us a while a to put up the Loire Valley blog and yes we are currently up in the mountains in Austria at the moment but I’ll do my best to transport us back to the valley of the many, many chateaux.So driving back through the ring roads of Paris, oh joy, we were on our way …

In the fall semester of 2005 I had the chance to live in Valbonne, France while I was studying. It was this that gave me my jumpstart in travelling. The chance to have a place I could come back to while I was in Europe made much easier for me to travel the continent pretty much every weeked. Not only did I visit some cities outside France, but I also got the chance to visit some nice French cities and towns along the way. Evidently Paris was at the top ofthe list.

First of all, France is AMAZING and it was bittersweet coming back home. I guess that just gives me an excuse to go back though! I went to Le Havre, Normandie, Bretagne, Loire Valley, and L'Ile de France. I loved every part of it, the chateaus, the beaches, the people. Awesome experience.

I've never been so happy to return to a city!  After that, we decided it was best not to try any more trains, especially given that it was a Sunday.  We had clearly learned our lessons, take a tour, check the train schedules carefully, make sure you get off at the right stop, an…

After the tour ended, I grabbed some dinner in Tours to take with me on the train.  I had to make a quick stop in Paris before catching a train down to Nice on the Côte d’Azur.

Tours is a hub for smaller day trips! Thers were so many possibilities for us! Finally we decided to visit a really small village about 6km away via Bus # 61, Vouvray.  I had read about all the natural caves in the area which have been converted into winerys! Sounds wonderful!  We wer…