Travelling to Tours and getting around

All the practical information you need to get to Tours and the surrounding area. Just 1 hour from Paris, Tours is a very accessible city where you can experience “everything on foot”.

Coming by train, car or plane

Tours, the epicenter of France’s major cities, is easy to reach with :

2 high – speed railway stations

Tours city-center and Saint-Pierre-des-Corps at 5 minutes from Tours

3 highways

A10 (Paris and Bordeaux), A85 (Nantes and Bourges) and A28 (Rouen)

1 international airport

20 minutes from Tours City Center

Arriving by train

  • 2 high – speed railway stations
  • 25 daily TGV connections between Paris Montparnasse and Tours (1 hour travel time)
  • Numerous connections between Paris Austerlitz and Tours (2 hours travel time)
  • Direct high speed train services to Massy (Orly airport), Marne-la-Vallée (Disneyland) and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport.

Links with :

  • Bordeaux – 2:18
  • Reims – 3:00
  • Lille – 3:00
  • Metz / Nancy – 3:30
  • Brussels – 3:40
  • Lyon – 4:00
  • Strasbourg – 5:00
  • London – 6:00
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Arriving by car

Tours Val de Loire is served by three highways:

  • The A10 (Paris and Bordeaux),
  • A28 (Rouen)
  • A85 (Nantes and Bourges)

5 national roads pass through Tours: RN 10, RN 138, RN 152, RN 76, RN 143.

Travel time from major metropolitan cities :

  • Nantes – Tours: 2:30
  • Paris – Tours: 2:40
  • Rennes – Tours: 2:45
  • Bordeaux – Tours: 3:50
  • Lyon – Tours: 4:50
  • Lille – Tours: 5:00

Air travel

Tours Val de Loire International Airport

  • 10 minutes from the city center,
  • Regular services to London Stansted, Porto, Marrakech and Marseille.
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Roissy Charles de Gaulle International Airport

  • Accessible by TGV direct from Tours Centre station,
  • 8 daily trains.
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Getting around Tours

A walkable city

A bicycle -friendly metropolis

A high-performance bus and tramway network

Getting around on foot

In Tours, you can organize your entire event “on foot”! The train station is just in front of the Convention Center. Numerous venues for gala evenings are nearby. Just a few minutes away, the old city offers a wide range of places to lunch or to stroll around. 1,400 hotel rooms are located within 5 to15 minutes of walking distance from the Convention Center.

By bike

Tours and the metropolitan area are easily accessible by bike.

The cycling network is in continuous development to enable a fluid journey everyday

  • 7 itineraries covering 110 km will be completed by 2026,
  • By 2030, 13 itineraries will have been completed, covering a total of 350 km throughout the metropolis.

Self-service bicycles are available in 19 townships of the Metropolis:

  • 500 classic bikes
  • 1,100 two-seater electric-assisted bicycles
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By bus and tramway

By bus and tramway with the Fil Bleu network

  • Fil Bleu, the unique network of the Tours metropolitan area, makes it easy to get around by tramway and bus 7 days a week,
  • 1 tramway line and 1 high-level service line cross the city from north to south between 5 a.m. and 0.30 a.m. on weekdays, with high frequency between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. (every 6 to 10 minutes),
  • Night services are provided, with a service for night owls from Thursday to Saturday,
  • 24 or 48-hour offers and group packages are available to simplify travel.
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