Plus de Touraine

How to get there :
By road / By train / By air

Getting around :
By road / By train

Touraine tourist map :
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How to get there

By road

The Touraine is situated at the crossroad of several major roads, notably:
- The Atlantic route, axe Nantes-Lyon,
- Tha Spain route, axe Paris-Hendaye.

Ten major roads meet in Tours. The RN10 Paris-Bordeaux road runs in parallel with the A10 Aquitaine motorway.

Information :
COFIROUTE
www.cofiroute.com
Tél. 0 892 70 26 34 (0,34 E/mn) (inside France)

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By train

At the point where the Paris-Bordeaux and Nantes-Lyon routes meet, the TOURS-SAINT-PIERRE-DES-CORPS railway station takes full advantage of the success of the TGV Atlantique offering an everincreasing number of reliable connections with the capital: 16 return TGV trips per day, taking you to the Gare Montparnasse in the centre of Paris, in less than an hour.

For several years, the TGV railway network has given Touraine the possibility of a direct link to other towns in the Ile-de-France area (Massy and its prestigious colleges, Marne-la-Vallée ans its park dedicated to Disneyland Paris ) and a gateway to the whole world with its Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport service, not forgetting the southeast of France with the Mediterranean TGV. Marseille is now 4:50 hours from Tours/St-Pierre-des-Corps, 2:50 from Lyon, 3:00 hours from the great cities of the north like Lille, 3:30 hours from Brussels and 4:00 from London.

And last of all, you will have no trouble exploring all the many tourist treasures in the Loire Valley by just taking the TER Centre trains and coaches, as the Tours/St-Pierre-des-Corps station is aslo the centre of a wide railway network leading in all directions.

Information, booking, sales:
SNCF
www.voyages-sncf.com
Tél. 36 35 (0,34 E/mn) (inside France)

RAIL EUROPE
Travelling fron the UK to Touraine? Why not travel by high speed train and book with Rail Europe via www.raileurope.co.uk

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By plane

Airport open round the clock and 7 days a week with Customs and Police services. Fully renovated air terminal. Possibility for a personalized welcome (business rooms). Restaurant. Free parking (225 cars) Taxis, rental cars, coaches on request. Direct access (less than 10 min) to the town centre and the TGV station. 5 min. from A10 (Aquitaine motorway - Paris/Bordeaux)

Regular flights :

- London-Stansted/Tours : Airlink London-Stansted / Tours by RYANAIR (shuttle service to the center of Tours).
- Figari (Corse)/Tours : weekly (saturday) flight from late April to late September.
- Lyon-Saint-Exupéry/Tours : Twice a day (monday to friday). Numerous connecting flights to French and European cities.

Information, booking, sales:
AEROPORT INTERNATIONAL TOURS-VAL DE LOIRE
www.tours.aeroport.fr
information@tours.aeroport.fr
Tél : 00 33 (0)2 47 49 37 00

RYANAIR
www.ryanair.com
Call Center U.K. : Tél.. 0 871 246 0000
Booking France : Tél. 0 892 555 666 (0,34 E/mn) (inside France)AEROPORT INTERNATIONAL TOURS-VAL DE LOIRERYANAIR Call Center U.K. : Tél.. 0 871 246 0000 Air France call center : Connexions from Paris Charles de Gaulle by TGV tarin
Tél. 00 33 (0)2 47 66 17 00
0 820 820 820 (inside France) Back

Getting around ...

By road

All Touraine region:
Various lines serving destinations within the département are based in Tours.
Informations :
TOURAINE FIL VERT
www.touraine-filvert.com
gareroutieredetours@wanadoo.fr
Tel. 00 33 (0)2 47 05 30 49

Tours and surroundings:
Fil Bleu local bus service
Informations :
FIL BLEU
http://www.filbleu.fr (in french)
Tel. 00 33 (0)2 47 66 70 70

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By train

The SNCF (French Rail) with train and coach service, provides links between tourist destinations like Azay-le-Rideau, Chinon, Langeais, Saumur, Amboise, Chenonceaux, Loches... Information, booking, sales:

Information, booking, sales:
SNCF - TER Centre
www.ter-sncf.com
Tél. 36 35 (0,34 E/mn). (inside France)

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Touraine tourist map

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