Our Surroundings

"Are you familiar with the land which has been called the Garden of France, a land where the air is pure and the landscape a tender green, graced by a great and noble river? If, during the summer months, you were given an opportunity to travel through beautiful Touraine, you would follow the lazy meanderings of the Loire with delight, and you would be in a quandary indeed, not knowing which of the two banks to choose as your place of residence, to which you could retreat with your loved one, away from the bustle of mankind." Alfred de Vigny - Cinq-Mars (1826).

We're situated on a tranquil street next to charming old rue Colbert, one of the main cobblestone streets left over from medieval times. Now, as in back then, rue Colbert is a corridor that is lined with special one-off artisanal stores selling the best that the Loire Valley can offer (candies, jams, spreads, wines, wines, sparkling wine, etc.), amazing restaurants and bars, as well as the usual amenities such as laundromats, clinic, hair salons, internet cafes, bookstores, post office, etc.

Centrally located, our apartment is easily accessible by car, bicycle or even on foot. We're literally a stone's throw from the Cathedral St. Gatien, the Musee des Beaux-Arts, and Place Francois Sicard, a beautiful small park. On foot, it will take you 7 minutes to get to us from the Train station, 5 minutes from rue National (the main shopping strip in downtown Tours) and 1 minute from the antique stores on rue de Scellerie.