The main square in the historic center of the city of Tours is called
la place Plumereau (often shortened to
place Plume). Of it, the Michelin green guidebook says that it is
un des principaux centres d'animation de la ville... Aménagée en zone pietonne... la place Plume est bordée de belles maison du 15e siècle à pans de bois. Many of these houses were restored in the 1960s and '70s.
The Cadogan Loire guidebook notes that the place Plume is "packed with bars and restaurants" — sidewalk cafés, in other words. The network of streets around it is filled with remarkable beamed houses, the Cadogan continues. Here are some photos I've taken of the houses over the past 20 years.
The main square in the historic center of the city of Tours is called la place Plumereau (often shortened to place Plume). Of it, the Michelin green guidebook says that it is un des principaux centres d'animation de la ville... Aménagée en zone pietonne... la place Plume est bordée de belles maison du 15e siècle à pans de bois. Many of these houses were restored in the 1960s and '70s.
The Cadogan Loire guidebook notes that the place Plume is "packed with bars and restaurants" — sidewalk cafés, in other words. The network of streets around it is filled with remarkable beamed houses, the Cadogan continues. Here are some photos I've taken of the houses over the past 20 years.
I'm enjoying your Tours photos. These houses are nicely restored. College football starts today and Alabama has a new coach.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful houses, great photos. So happy they weren’t modernized in the sixties and seventies.
ReplyDeleteBettyAnn
I follow a French woman (Véronique Savoie -- France With Véro) who lived for decades in the U.S., but moved back to France just before the pandemic started... and she is a tour guide for Rick Steves. She now lives in Tours, and is always touting its positive points. She really seems to like it there, and it's an easy TGV train ride into Paris, as you know.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of Tours. Can't believe I haven't visited, as close as it is to Paris....
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy for the heads up on France With Vero - nice web site. I also found a husband and wife who run a site called "Les Frenchies." They review restaurants all over Paris on Youtube in English. He's from France but lived in Florida for 30 years. now they moved back.