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Introduction
258km (160 miles) SW of Paris, 40km (25 miles) SE of Tours Forever linked to legendary beauty Agnès Sorel, Loches is the cité médiévale of the valley, situated in the hills on the banks of the Indre. Known as the acropolis of the Loire, th... Continue reading »
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Planning a trip
Getting There -- Six to 10 buses run daily from Tours; the 45-minute trip costs 7.50€ ($9.75) one-way. The one-way train fare from Tours is 8.20€ ($11). For bus information, call tel. 02-47-05-30-49; for train schedules, call tel. 08-91-35-35... Continue reading »
Loches Travel Experiences
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Fqll in the Loire Vqlley
Hello from France, where the W A Q M ? , and other letters are in different places on the keyboard, hope you can decipher thi... Continue reading »
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A Few Days of Chateau Hopping
So after a flat out week in France's capital, we jumped on a train to the sleepy Loire Valley for some R&R and of course, a taste of... Continue reading »
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Day 25 - Lyon + Tours (Loire V.) - June 28
We slept in late today because there wasn't much else to see in Lyon and almost missed our train to Tours via Paris. When we arrived in T... Continue reading »
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Cinderella
Everyone dreams of living in a castle and being a king or a princess. Usually, however, these dream castles do not contain little es... Continue reading »
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Tours
This ancient town is reputedly the birthplace of the French language and where you will hear the purest French spoken in the country. Our... Continue reading »
