Tours – Sorigny
Tours boasts a rich architectural heritage : the half-timbered houses and beautiful stone mansions of the historic centre, the Charlemagne Tower and its viewing platform, Saint-Gratien Cathedral…
The Maison du Vélo, located near Tours railway station, provides information (on accommodation and routes) and has a repair workshop, a shower and a relaxation area.
From Veigné to Sorigny, the route follows small country roads.
In Tours, connection with the Loire à Vélo/EuroVelo 6 and the Coeur de France cycle route – V46 In Veigné, connection with the Indre à vélo – V49 cycle route.
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Itinerary Eurovelo3, recommended by CTE
Information Tab :
- Tours
- Trains from Tours
- Intercités : Blois, Paris, Nevers, Dijon, Lyon, Le Mans, Caen
- TER : Orléans, Tours, Angers, Nantes
- TER : Montbazon, Veigné, Esvres, Cormery
- Trains from St-Pierre-des-Corps (4 km)
- Intercités : Blois, Paris
- TGV : Bordeaux, Arcachon, Lille, Strasbourg
Markets :
- Tours and the surrounding area : Tuesday to Sunday morning in various neighbourhoods
- Veigné : Friday morning
- Montbazon : Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons
- Esvres : Saturday morning
- Cormery : Thursday morning
Specialities: Touraine wines, Tours rillette, Cormery macarons
Mustsee Tab :
- the medieval districts around Place Plumereau and St Gatien Cathedral (13th–16th centuries)
- Charlemagne Tower (13th century)
- Compagnonnage Museum
- Museum of Fine Arts
- Olivier-Debré Centre for Contemporary Creation
- botanical garden
Nearby :
- La Riche
- Priory of St Cosme (Ronsard’s former residence)
- Chambray-les-Tours
- the grounds of Branchoire Castle
- Montbazon
- a medieval town on the River Indre
- the former keep of Foulque Nerra
- Botanical trail in Grande Rouge Park
- Esvres:
- St Médard’s Church (12th–13th centuries)
- the dovecote of the old castle
- Cormery
- former abbey (11th–13th centuries)
- St Paul’s Tower
- Notre-Dame-du-Fougeray Church (12th century)
- grave lantern (cemetery)
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