180km (112 miles) SW of Paris, 60km (37 miles) NE of Tours
This town of 55,000 receives half a million visitors yearly, primarily to visit the Château de Blois. If time remains after a visit to the château, you may want to walk around the town. It's a piece of living history, with cobblestone streets and restored white houses with slate roofs and red-brick chimneys. Blois (pronounce it "Blwah") hugs a hillside overlooking the Loire. Some of its "streets" are mere alleyways originally laid out in the Middle Ages, or lanes linked by a series of stairs. Allow 1 1/2 hours to see Blois.
Blois Travel Experiences
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Lunch break in Tours
Our next stop is a town called Tours. Strange name for a town but we stopped here for lunch. It was very busy with people buzzing aroun... Continue reading »
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First month in Tours.
Hello from Tours! I have been here for just over a month, and I guess it’s about time I shared some news. Tours is the largest city in th... Continue reading »
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Jour 9 sur Villandry
Le château de Villandry est beaucoup plus intéressant, pas pour son histoire mais pour le site qui est entourré de jardins à la française... Continue reading »
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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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Room 24 at Jour de Tours
Sunday May 13th, 2007After arriving in Tours via train, we went directly to the Tourist Info Office to find out how to get to our hotel.... Continue reading »
