Tours, tickets and day trips in Tours
The sights with published visitor numbers, the heritage listings, and the towns close enough for a day out.
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours | 68,537 | 2025 |
| muséum d'histoire naturelle de Tours | 42,095 | 2017 |
| Musée du compagnonnage | 36,426 | 2019 |
| Hôtel Goüin de Tours | 12,990 | 2005 |
| Musée des vins de Touraine | 1,794 | 2011 |
| Departmental archives of Indre-et-Loire | 693 | 2022 |
The busiest is Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours at 68,537 visitors in 2025. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
Day trips from Tours
| Route | Country | Distance | Estimated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tours to Le Mans | France | 77 km (48 mi) | about 1 h 15 min |
| Tours to Angers | France | 95 km (59 mi) | about 1 h 33 min |
| Tours to Orléans | France | 106 km (66 mi) | about 1 h 44 min |
| Tours to Nantes | France | 171 km (106 mi) | about 2 h 47 min |
| Tours to Limoges | France | 178 km (111 mi) | about 2 h 54 min |
| Tours to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | France | 182 km (113 mi) | about 2 h 57 min |
| Tours to Rennes | France | 195 km (121 mi) | about 3 h 10 min |
| Tours to Boulogne-Billancourt | France | 197 km (122 mi) | about 3 h 12 min |
| Tours to Paris | France | 203 km (126 mi) | about 3 h 18 min |
| Tours to Marne La Vallée | France | 215 km (134 mi) | about 3 h 30 min |
| Tours to Paris 15 Vaugirard | France | 200 km (124 mi) | about 3 h 15 min |
| Tours to Le Havre | France | 237 km (148 mi) | about 3 h 52 min |
Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.
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Common questions
What is the most visited attraction in Tours?
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours, with 68,537 visitors in 2025 (Wikidata).
How are the journey times on this page worked out?
From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.