Mercure Centre Tours

29 rue Edouard Vaillant Tours, Loire Valley, Centre, 37000, France

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Orleans and Les Chateaux

A travel blog entry by billnpat

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January 6 Bonne Anniversaire Pat, and Jeanne d'Arc!

Well, what an amazing city! They put on a huge event for Pat’s birthday with thousands of people gathering at the Cathedral, but more on that shortly.

After a day of bicycling around the town following some of the suggested tour routes and gawking at the old town of Orleans, and after an afternoon rest at our "camping" spot parked by the river, we adjourned for a lovely dinner out at ...

Chateaux country

A travel blog entry by woodsies

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... fighting and mistresses the order of the day. The French kings built these places lavishly and then often gave them to a mistress or hardly stayed in them. Nevertheless, they are spectacular and picturesque and reek of history and people's lives. The worn floors and stairways are evidence of many footsteps before ours.

Chenonceaux is the most visited and splendid and we went there first. It spans the Cher river and the river flows very fast underneath it. It ...

Touring in Tours

A travel blog entry by woodsies

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... the views. The countryside is fairly flat but green and, with pretty little towns often with a church spire in the middle.

There was a panic moment for me when I went to use the loo on the second train. I tried to open the door like I did on the first train but it wouldn't budge eventually I saw the button with Poussez near it and realized it was one of those automatic ones. Everyone was just watching me! I was committed then and had to keep reading the signs to close the ...

Last Full Day In St Cyran du Jambot

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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... for Mike and Gillie and Patou from the pub. Having been inspired by Nanny Jones planting herself in our garden so profusely, we thought it would be nice to leave behind something living in France.

Next stop, Paris! Very exciting and as Laura reports today that it was snowing at her station this morning, we could be in for a frosty time but a very warm reunion of the Jones ...

Premiere Chataeau de Loire

A travel blog entry by kimjones59

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After today, we can definitely see why this part of France is regarded as the premiere chateaux region. Our mission for today was to visit the Chateau de Chamont-sur-Loire, which as the name suggests, is on the Loire River north east of Tours. (That's Tours without the 's')

While the tourist maps point out a number of chateaux, there are so many that they can't all be listed, so it's not uncommon to stumble upon some very impressive buildings, ...

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