Map of Tours :
See also :
- Hotel Mercure Tours Centre***
- Hotel Du Theatre**
- Kyriad Hotel Tours Centre***
- Hotel Adagio Access Tours***
- Hotel De Rosny**
Hotels Tours
- Hotel Jeanne d'Arc
- Hotel Saint-Jean**
- Arcantis Parc Hotel***
- Hotel Mister Bed Saran*
- Hotel Suite Home Saran***
Hotels Orléans
- Hotel Côté Loire - Auberge Ligérienne**
- Hotel Holiday Inn Blois***
- Hôtel de France et de Guise**
- Hotel Anne de Bretagne**
- Hotel France et Guise**
Hotels Blois
- Hotel Chaptal**
- Hotel Chaptal**
- Hotel Best Western Le Vinci Loire Valley***
- Hotel La Breche**
- Hotel l'Aubinière***
Hotels Amboise
- Hotel Kyriad**
- P'tit Dej-HOTEL Chartres
- L'Hôtel**
- Hotel le Grand Monarque***
- Everhôtel Mainvilliers**
Hotels Chartres
- Hôtel de France***
- Hotel Diderot**
- INTER-HOTEL Le Lion d'Or**
- Hotel Le Manoir de la Giraudière**
- INTER-HOTEL Le Lion d'Or**
Hotels Chinon
- P'tit Dej-HOTEL Châteauroux**
- Fasthôtel Chateauroux**
- Hotel Le Continental**
- Hotel Voltaire
- INTER-HOTEL Amarys Châteauroux**
Hotels Châteauroux
- INTER-HOTEL Le Berry**
- P'tit Dej-HOTEL Bourges**
- Hotel Aurore**
- Brit Hotel Olympia**
- Chateau De Lazenay - Residence Hotel De Charme**
Hotels Bourges
- Hotel Le Relais des Templiers**
- INTER-HOTEL Auberge Maille d'Or**
- Hotel L'Abbaye de Beaugency***
- Hotel L'Ecu de Bretagne***
Hotels Beaugency
Presentation of Tours
HISTORY OF TOURSIn Gallic times the city was important as a crossing point of the Loire. Becoming part of the Roman Empire during the first century AD, the city was named "Caesarodunum" ("hill of Caesar"). The name evolved in the 4th century when the original Gallic name, Turones, became first "Civitas Turonorum" then "Tours". It was at this time that the amphitheatre of Tours, one of the five largest in the Empire, was built. Tours became the metropolis of the Roman province of Lugdunum towards 380-388, dominating the Loire Valley, Maine and Brittany. One of the outstanding figures of the history of the city was Saint Martin, second bishop who shared his coat with a naked beggar in Amiens. This incident and the importance of Martin in the medieval Christian West made Tours, and its position on the route of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, a major centre during the Middle Ages.
See the full history of Tours on Wikipedia
Sister Cities with Tours
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Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department. It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection (as perceived by some speakers) of its local spoken French, and for the famous Battle of Tours in 732. It is also the site of the cycling race Paris-Tours. Tours is the largest city in the Centre region of France, although it is not the regional capital, which resides in its second-largest city of Orléans.