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How to get to Touraine?

Train station of Tours - Crédit photo : Stevens Frémont How to get to Touraine?

By train

At the crossroads of the Paris-Bordeaux and Nantes-Lyon routes, the TOURS / SAINT-PIERRE-DES-CORPS train station benefits from the success of the TGV Atlantique high-speed train line with a constantly growing number of efficient connections to the capital: 16 round-trip TGV trains per day, in less than an hour you can be in the Paris city centre, at the Montparnasse train station.

TGV ATLANTIQUE

For several years now, the TGV train network has made direct links possible between Touraine and Ile de France cities (Massy and its prestigious "grandes écoles", Marne-la-Vallée and Disneyland Paris), as well as access to the entire world with service to the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. South-eastern France is not far now, thanks to the TGV Méditerranée (Tours is now a 2:50 train ride away from Marseille and 2:50 away from Lyon...). Large cities to the north are also easy to reach, such as Lille (3:00), Brussels (3:30) and London (4:20).

TGV EST

The TGV Est and TGV Atlantique link five cities in the east of France to Touraine:

  • Strasbourg – Tours/St Pierre des Corps: 4:05
  • Lorraine TGV (Metz, Nancy) – Tours/St Pierre des Corps: 2:55
  • Meuse TGV (Bar le Duc) – Tours/St Pierre des Corps: 2:30
  • Champagne Ardennes TGV (Reims) – Tours/St Pierre des Corps: 2:00
PARIS - VAL DE LOIRE TOURIST TRAIN

The "Paris - Val de Loire" tourist trains provide an opportunity to enjoy a provincial getaway trip on the banks of the Royal River, a Unesco world heritage site, and visit a magnificent, untamed, storybook world that is completely out of the ordinary. The Paris - Val de Loire trains are in service every day, year round.

SNCF : www.voyages-sncf.com or phone 36 35 (0,34 E/mn)
TRAIN TOURISTIQUE : www.trainstouristiques-ter.com

 

By car

Touraine is located at the intersection of several major roadways, in particular:

  • The route de l'Océan, the Nantes-Lyon road,
  • The route de l'Espagne, the Paris-Hendaye road.

Ten trunk roads converge at Tours:

  • The RN10 Paris-Bordeaux trunk road runs parallel to the A10 Aquitaine motorway.
  • The A85 links Tours to Nantes
  • The A28 links Tours to Le Mans

Information: COFIROUTE
www.cofiroute.com
Phone: 0 969 39 26 34 (not a premium-rate number)

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By plane

Open 24/7, the Tours-Val de Loire airport provides a warm, personalised welcome and offers amenities such as business lounges, a restaurant, a free 225-car parking lot...
Taxis, rental cars and buses are also available upon request. Direct links to the city centre and the TGV train station in under 10 minutes. 5 min from the A10 motorway (Paris-Bordeaux). 

Direct flights:
Figari (Corsica)/Tours: weekly flight (on Saturdays) from end May through end September.
Direct Tours/London-Stansted flights year round and direct Tours/Porto flights in season.

TOURS-VAL DE LOIRE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: www.tours.aeroport.fr or information@tours.aeroport.fr or +33 (0)2 47 49 37 00

MARSEILLE PROVENCE AIRPORT: www.mp2.aeroport.fr or +33 (0)4 42 14 14 14

RYANAIR: www.ryanair.com  or 0 871 246 0000 (Call Center U.K) 

AIR FRANCE: +33 (0) 820 820 820

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