Tours Audio guided walking tour 2h00 and 22 audio commentary

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Itinerary

1. You now walk along the wild banks of the Loire. This river, which is the longest in France at 1006 kilometers, is also perhaps the most beautiful.

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2. So, yes, right in the Loire Valley, with all these castles more sumptuous than each other, the castle of Tours is not the craziest you have ever seen.

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3. This little passage that we are taking now is called the passage of the heart. A kind of bridge of sighs that, as in Venice, evokes the sadness of the convicts who used this passage to go to the scaffolding erected on the square of Fair-Le-Roi.

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4. Here you are, in front of the Grand Theatre, the only Opera in the Centre region! At the base, as with the famous Scalla Theatre in Milan, there was a church, the Church of the Cordeliers.

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5. Review to fans of the flamboyant Gothic, St. Guardian’s Cathedral is for you! Its construction began in the 13th century and will last about 400 years!

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6. Here you are in the beautiful garden of the Museum of Fine Arts of Tours, installed in the old episcopal palace of the city. The bishops were in fact located near the cathedral, in an old palace of the 4th century.

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7. Upon entering the Museum of Fine Arts, you are immediately intrigued by the stuffed elephant in its window. This is Fritz, an early 19th-century star of the Barnum and Bailey North American Circus.

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8. Few stations can boast of any tourist interest other than having taken you to your destination. While the Tours station is downright beautiful!

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9. Opposite you, on the little Place Jean Jaurès, stands the imposing Tours City Inn. Built in the late 19th century and inaugurated in 1904, it looks more like a palace than anything else.

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10. Here you are in the heart of the main artery of the city. The 700-metre-long national street connects Place Jean Jaurès with the Wilson Bridge across the Loire.

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11. You can see that we are entering another era with the Charlemagne Tower standing before you. It is, along with the Clock Tower and St. Martin’s Cloister, one of the only remains of the old St. Martin’s Basilica destroyed in 1797.

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12. The Basilica of Saint Martin that you see now was built from 1887 to 1902 by the architect Victor Laloux, yes, the same as for the City Inn and the train station. He didn’t quit in his life!

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Tours

• Its from-price is 97% below the median of the 81 experiences we list in Tours.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 28 of 81.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Tours

Tours is a calm university city on the Loire in central France, with a medieval quarter, a Gothic cathedral and Renaissance châteaux close by.

Tours stands between the Loire and the Cher, in Indre-et-Loire, and is the main city of the Touraine. The medieval centre round Place Plumereau is packed with half-timbered houses and café terraces, and the Gothic cathedral of Saint-Gatien has tall stained-glass windows and twin towers topped with Renaissance domes. Saint Martin, bishop of Tours in the 4th century, is honoured in a basilica built on the site of his tomb.

Top-ranked sights in Tours: Tours Old Town.

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