Car Hire Tours Airport

Tours is a city between Orléans and the Atlantic coast in the heart of France with 140,000 inhabitants on an area of 35 square kilometres. The town in the Centre of the Turonen, a Gallic tribe that once populated the area around tours has the name. The city is also home to St. Martin, who here was consecrated Bishop in the fourth century, and the children still owe the Laternenumzüge on his name day. The remains of St. Martin is located in the Basilica of Saint-Martin to tours.

One of the most impressive buildings of tours is the Cathedral of Saint-Gatien. The construction of the impressive church beginning in the early 13th century took over 300 years and practically provides a cross-section of the architecture of the Gothic period to the early days of the Renaissance. The 70 metre high towers of the richly decorated façade rise up as a landmark of the city of tours. Directly behind is the enchanting old town of the town, which today, after it was almost destroyed in the second world war, lovingly and painstakingly restored is located. A central part of the picturesque facades of the adjacent houses here is the place Plumereaumit. Quite a few cafés, small bars and shops there provide lively hustle and bustle.

The extensive collection of paintings in the Museum worth seeing is fine arts, which is housed in the former Bishop's Palace from the 17th century in tours. Here you can find the works of the great masters such as Rembrandt, Degas, Delacroix.

With a car, you should miss a trip in the surroundings of tour, in the scenic landscape of Tourraine with its numerous vineyards, definitely not.