Our program allows you plenty of time to discover your new country, culture and customs. Below are some of our recommended highlights. Some tours and packages can be organized when booking your program, please see the program price page for more information.

city tour
With its history and well preserved heritage, Tours is a city of captivating charm and perfect for walking. The Châteaux of Kings and Nobles are nestled within immaculate grounds like diamond rings in a jewelry box.

museums
The city has many to choose from including:HOTEL GOUIN (Formerly Hotel Gardette, 16th c.) Touraine Archeological Society collection: prehistory, Gallo-Roman and medieval archeology, medieval, Renaissance, MUSEE DU COMPAGNONNAGE: This museum is unique in the world. It contains the masterpieces, tools, illustrated and written records of the Tour de France journeymen since 1840, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: Formerly the Tours bailiff's tribunal, 18th c. Museum present the natural history of Touraine.

chateaux and château de chambord
In the surrounding countryside, you will find many famous chateaux, over 1200 in the Loire valley. Château de Chambord, is the largest of the Loire castles,sumptuous Renaissance Palace , creation of the king François I inspired by the famous Leonardo da Vinci. Dreams of a genial artist made reality by the enthusiasm of the greatest king of the 16C.

markets
The city has over 30 markets, including: the Flower market, Antiques & flea market, Craft market, Second-hand books, post cards and records market , Antiques market and many more.

loire valley
Discovering the Loire Valley is an eye-opening experience: a proliferation of park-lands and forests with huge natural reserves right next door, such as the Brenne with its many lakes, the spectacular game forests of Sologne, the verdant valleys of the Perche or the Loire-Anjou-Touraine park with its troglodyte dwellings...take your pick. Discover the gentle relief of the Loire Valley on foot, on horseback or even by bicycle. Visit the Witchcraft Museum at Concressault to the International Park and Garden Festival at Chaumont sur Loire, from the veritable maze of cereal cropland at Labyrinthus in Touraine to the Maison Picassiette at Chartres.