Travel information

Here’s some information to help you make your way to your conference destination!

Travelling by train

The journey from Paris Montparnasse station to Tours station takes just over 1 hour by TGV. Some TGVs stop a little earlier, at Saint-Pierre-des-Corps: you can then reach Tours in 5 minutes via a shuttle train. There are also direct TGV connections to the Ile-de-France region: Massy (Orly airport), Marne-la-Vallée (Disneyland) and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport.

Travel time to main cities: Bordeaux (2h), Reims (3h), Lille (3h00), Metz & Nancy (3h30), Brussels (3h40), Lyon (4h), Strasbourg (4h), London (5h), Marseille (5h30).

Travelling by train
Coming by road

Coming by road

Touraine is easy to reach thanks to 3 motorways: the A10 (between Paris and Bordeaux), the A28 (between Rouen and Tours) and the A85 (between Nantes and Bourges).

Here are some indications of distances to Tours:

•  Nantes (222 km)
•  Paris (238 km)
•  Rouen (274 km)
•  Bordeaux (348 km)
•  Lille (460 km)
•  Lyon (463 km)

Air travel

Tours-Val de Loire airport has year-round connections to London, Marseille, Porto and Marrakech.

Cabs, car rentals and buses are available on arrival, giving you access to downtown Tours and the TGV train station in less than 10 minutes.

Air travel