Tour de Tour of Comfort Inn

Hello any help I will be staying at the comfort Inn Tours the first week of July

In the reviews it says that this hotel is far from the cener of town, but we have a car

however we will be there when the Tor de France is there

any suggestions on if we should drive into the center or try and take a bus

or is it just not worth it to be in the center and should we make our way just outside the center to watch the racers.

Any must see%26#39;s in the town?

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Hi auntieB,

I love Tours - was there as a student at the university...many years ago... suggest you look at the tourism office website:

www.ligeris.com/usa/city.html there is an English version. Also photos on www.coeur-de-france.com/tours.html.

There%26#39;s an archbishop%26#39;s palace, Cathedral, street markets, beautiful gardens, silk factory, museums of all kinds...even the railway station is considered a %26#39;monument%26#39;... then there%26#39;s two rivers, and trips around to the castles of the Loire valley... visit wine cellars for the wine tasting...

Have a great time ! Nolana

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I stayed at that same hotel in March of 2005 - very nice. It is a chain hotel (obviously) so you won%26#39;t get much of a French countryside vibe from staying there, but it was a relief after staying in a small hotel in Paris for a week. The room at the Comfort Hotel was large by French standards, including the bathroom. The owners were very nice and extremely helpful with touristy questions.

The only problem that I had with this hotel was its distance from Tours centre. Since you have a car, I would recommend using it, although I%26#39;m not sure of the parking situation inside the city. We had to rely on the bus, which was most infrequent. If my memory serves me correctly, there were two buslines servicing the area near our hotel. You had to walk about half a mile to get to the stops, and the buses came about twice an hour during the weekday. Saturdays, it was even more infrequent - a bus every few hours, and on Sundays there was NO service. So I%26#39;m inclined to recommend using your car. That being said, I do not know what to expect with regard to the Tour de France.... perhaps someone else can give you advice about that part. Enjoy your trip!

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