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Post by geordy on May 3, 2011 17:03:21 GMT -5
Anybody been? Thoughts, what to see and do?
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Post by frenchmystiquetour on May 3, 2011 19:08:01 GMT -5
I've only driven through but I know the nicest part is the old downtown around Place Plumereau. Tours is centrally located for visiting the main sites in The Loire. The tourist office website will give you lots of info if you don't have this link already: www.ligeris.com/index_en.php |
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Post by PariS on May 4, 2011 0:06:51 GMT -5
We had a few hours to kill when we were in Tours waiting for a castle excursion so we walked around the old town and visited a market. Really cute place--I'd love to go back for a longer visit. The tourist office gave us a map and located several things on it for us to see--the cathedral, etc.
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Post by geordy on Sept 20, 2011 9:00:33 GMT -5
Well ..now I've been and really like it! Arrived on a Friday afternoon..straight from CDG..checked into Hotel Ronsard...located about mid way btw the Place Plum/old town and Cathedral and very near (a block away  Rue Colbert aka "restaurant row! I had a walking tour of Tours finding hotel but once S/O arrived..okay after a spell   ..we went out to explore and grab a light lunch. Walked by the Cathedral admiring outside but saving inside for later as booze and food beckoned and , unlike in most cathedral towns, there were no cafes/bistros/ souvenir shops on the Pl de Cathedral! So headed to Pl Plum and settled in under an umbrella in the middle of the Place at Au Bureau. Shared a Flammkuchen Bergerac.. lardons, goat cheese, creme fraiche, mushrooms on pizza crust with an herb.pepper infused olive oil! A couple of large Leffes and our first meal in France is perfect! As is the weather...mist has gone away...warm and sunny! Shopping on pedestrian main drag National...Monoprix for mascara(duty free @ Newark did not have makeup..wanted a Lancome..got Bour Jois @ Monoprix)wine, water, etc. Headed to Rue Colbert for diner browsing. Owner had recommended Cote Sud but it was hopping but I had read about Souris Gourmand and it had had been recommended as well so we went there. Delightful..once one gets over the mouse motif(think back to ratatouille @ the Lutecia!  ) Specializes in cheese naturalment! I was thinking Tartaflette but noticed the people next to us with platters containing those little round camembert boxes..... listed as Camembert on the menu. Well..yes you get 275 grams of a round melted Camembert to put on bread, 2 medium size oval white skinned potatoes, 2 kinds of sausage(rose de Lyon and a smaller one), Paris and Country ham,and salade! A popular choice in the place and these folks, appeared to be locals, belong to the clean plate club..and they had starters!!!...I ate about half! Washed down with local St Nicolas rouge vin. Pomme sorbet avec calvados to finish! Very friendly, English speaking chef/owner came by to greet tables. He agreed the camembert plate was a lot of food! Check presented along with business card in a little wooden mouse trap! Lovely walk in moonlight past belle lit up Cathedral and back to Hotel Ronsard and the "magic door"! (given the door code and when you put it in the door pops open! no buzzer..just opens abracadabra!) |
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Post by georgeleitch on Sept 20, 2011 9:42:30 GMT -5
That meal sounds great.Looking forward to the rest of your trip reports. Keep eating!
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Post by denise on Sept 20, 2011 13:25:40 GMT -5
You are making me so hungry reading this report.
Glad you are back and posting! Lovely!
Denise
Love from England
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Post by Shoesy on Sept 20, 2011 13:33:00 GMT -5
Hmmm......Not sure how I'd feel receiving a check in a mouse trap , but I must admit that it's a cute idea. In any case, not all mice are creepy, right? Mickey and Minnie are darling creatures. ;D |
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Post by geordy on Sept 21, 2011 6:04:42 GMT -5
Having "problems" recently because of Second Avenue Subway construction, along with the "usual' city conditions.....nice mice are a hard sell!!!!!!!!!!    But it was a charming restaurant! Fondues, raclettes, omelettes,pizzas, all things cheesy! |
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Post by Terrie on Nov 18, 2011 15:47:09 GMT -5
geordy, I just booked a trip to the Loire Valley for next April and came over here to see if there was any good info anyone here had shared. You stayed at the hotel I just booked!!! I'm so happy to hear you had a good experience and that it's a good location.
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Post by frenchmystiquetour on Nov 18, 2011 16:03:07 GMT -5
Terrie, if you want some info about what to see and do in the Loire why don't you start a new thread? That way OPF members will be aware that someone is seeking info on a new thread, instead of seeing an old one resurrected. If you need suggestions then I and others I'm sure can help you.
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Post by Terrie on Nov 18, 2011 16:07:54 GMT -5
Terrie, if you want some info about what to see and do in the Loire why don't you start a new thread? That way OPF members will be aware that someone is seeking info on a new thread, instead of seeing an old one resurrected. If you need suggestions then I and others I'm sure can help you. Good idea. I was going to wait a while before asking for advice but I guess there's no time like the present. April will be here before I know it. |
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Post by geordy on Nov 19, 2011 9:55:01 GMT -5
I'm glad you resurrected! so I can tell you there is more about my Tours experience in the Tours Two thread plus I reviewed the Hotel and restaurants on Trip Adviser in the Tours section!  Plus the train trip from CDG to Tours is told in the Getting There thread in Paris Trip Reports. And thanks for bringing back nice memories..tough week! |
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Post by Terrie on Nov 19, 2011 15:13:53 GMT -5
I'm glad you resurrected! so I can tell you there is more about my Tours experience in the Tours Two thread plus I reviewed the Hotel and restaurants on Trip Adviser in the Tours section! Plus the train trip from CDG to Tours is told in the Getting There thread in Paris Trip Reports. And thanks for bringing back nice memories..tough week! Sorry your week was bad.  I will go searching for all the threads you mentioned. Thank you.  |
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Post by johnmorson on May 25, 2012 4:08:55 GMT -5
France is world famous for its "gastronomy", its fine restaurants and wines. It sometimes surprises visitors from outside France, that they can find top quality restaurants even in small provincial towns, and that many of these offer first-class menus at a fraction of the price one would pay for something similar in Britain or the USA.
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Rue Colbert aka "restaurant row!
..we went out to explore and grab a light lunch. Walked by the Cathedral admiring outside but saving inside for later as booze and food beckoned and , unlike in most cathedral towns, there were no cafes/bistros/ souvenir shops on the Pl de Cathedral!
) Specializes in cheese naturalment!
Plus the train trip from CDG to Tours is told in the Getting There thread in Paris Trip Reports.
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