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La préhistoire pour de vrai ! La fin des idées reçues...

from 20/04/2013 to 30/11/2013 - LE GRAND-PRESSIGNY

From 5 €

Tours sur Loire

Tours sur Loire

from 15/05/2013 to 15/09/2013 - TOURS

A summer in Tours wouldn't be complete without a guinguette café. Come alone or with your family to hit the dance floor, play chess, enjoy a relaxing read, have a drink with friends, go for a boat ride, or enjoy a film or concert or simply let yourself be surprised.

vitiloire

From 5 €

Vitiloire

from 25/05/2013 to 26/05/2013 - TOURS

A hundred wine growers from the four corners of Touraine leave the hillsides of both banks of the Loire to converge under the tree canopy on boulevard Béranger, in the heart of downtown Tours. Meetings, discussions, workshops and tasting flourish here.

Foire aux fromages 2012

Foire aux Fromages et à la Gastronomie

from 01/06/2013 to 02/06/2013 - SAINTE-MAURE-DE-TOURAINE

For two days, the Sainte-Maure cheese capital in Touraine turns into a gigantic French cheese platter. Producers, wholesalers, ripeners, and enthusiasts come together to celebrate cheese.

Festival Aucard de tours

From 8 €

Aucard de Tours

from 04/06/2013 to 08/06/2013 - TOURS

Let the show begin! From the Chapit'auc to the Gloriette and Apérocks in local bars, with the sound on high and a touch of the wild, this combination of genres and generations has been a hit since 1986.

Chinon en jazz 2012

Chinon en jazz

from 07/06/2013 to 09/06/2013 - CHINON

Outdoor music. Jazz fills the air and ears for two days in Chinon. The notes flood the streets, wind through the gardens, stretch along the Vienne river and are celebrated with a wineglass in hand. Enjoy.

Jardins de la Chatonnière

From 9 €

Fête des Roses et des Coquelicots

from 08/06/2013 to 09/06/2013 - AZAY-LE-RIDEAU

A rose and poppy festival in the gardens of the château de la Chatonnière. Craft fair and plants for sale. Numerous events: concerts, chorals, folk dancing, hunting horns, horse show…

Fêtes musicales en Touraine

From 15 €

Fêtes musicales en Touraine

from 21/06/2013 to 30/06/2013 - PARCAY-MESLAY

"And in Meslay, under the 13th century wooden arches, the music sings in harmony with the wonderful architecture(...)" wrote Sviatoslav Richter. Known as "a giant of the piano", he is the instigator of this festival, which now includes the "Dernière escale de (...)

Festival Avanti la Musica affiche 2013

From 8.10 €

Avanti la musica !

from 22/06/2013 to 26/07/2013 - AMBOISE

From the city hall, the joyous parade heralded by the flags of Italian regions heads up the banks of the Loire, passes by the Saint-Denis church, dawdles along rue Nationale and finishes inside the castle.

Grand spectacle nocturne : A la Cour du Roy

From 13 €

Grand spectacle nocturne : A la Cour du Roy

from 22/06/2013 to 31/08/2013 - AMBOISE

Leonardo da Vinci presents a new project to the King. Triboulet, the court jester, makes fun of everyone and everything. Pavane, branle and gaillarde dances are elegantly performed by guests in splendid dress. The villagers celebrate and partners prance.

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