Learn about art in the museums of Tours

Keeping warm while admiring works of art? Head for the museums of Tours!

• More interested in contemporary creations? Choose the CCC OD and its temporary exhibitions!
• Looking for Renaissance, Italian painting or Impressionism? The Musée des Beaux-Arts is sure to delight!
• Fascinated by nature and animals? Don't miss the Museum of Natural History!
• Want to discover some unusual works? Housed in the former Saint-Julien Abbey in Tours, the Musée du Compagnonnage houses over 400 items made by journeymen and recounts their history and traditions.
• Do you love photography? The Château de Tours hosts temporary exhibitions on its four floors, in partnership with the famous Jeu de Paume in Paris. Don't wait any longer!

Too hard to choose? The Tours City Pass (24h - 48h - 72h) includes entry to these five museums at a preferential rate!

All these museums are included in our City Pass Tours (24, 48 or 72 hours) for visits at preferential rates:

Don't miss the Typography Museum. This intimate museum houses exhibits that trace a century of printing history, including monotypes, Hirondelle pedal presses from 1880 and Super Veloz, whose typefaces can be modulated ad infinitum.

Let off steam in the playrooms

Keeping teenagers occupied on rainy days can sometimes be a real headache... Here are some ideas for letting off steam and spending a memorable afternoon together. (PS: this also works for adults and outings with friends!)

• For budding acrobats, head to New Jump and its 2,000 m² of trampolines, where you can jump and do somersaults in complete safety. If you prefer climbing, the Arkose and Block'out bouldering gyms are open all year round, with no registration required!
• If you're a video game enthusiast, you'll love the action and fun of the solo sessions! At Tours Nord, you can drive a go-kart in the world of Mario Kart at Battlekart, or explore the pyramids or the depths of the ocean at Virtual Xperience in Tours Centre. South of Tours, in Saint-Avertin, older children can transform themselves into warriors of the future at EVA, an e-sports hall with two virtual reality arenas.
• For investigators at heart: show off your skills at the Get Out life-size escape game! Elementary, my dear Watson!
• If you want to travel to England without leaving Tours, try your hand at ‘shuffleboard’, an Anglo-Saxon game that combines pétanque, curling and shuffleboard at Shuffle Factory. This bar also has table football, pool tables and board games.
• For a TV-style challenge: in Tours city centre, Quiz Room welcomes groups to take on challenges and have fun. On a circular board, with a buzzer reminiscent of the greatest moments in TV shows, you compete in teams by answering questions as quickly as possible.
• For strikes, there are the Bowlcenter bowling complexes (at Les 2 Lions in Tours) and the Skybowl (Tours Nord).

A dive or a triple axel

If you're going to get wet, you might as well do it in one of the city's aquatic complexes!

The Centre Aquatique du Lac, just south of Tours, is a must, and Tourangeaux can swim in its 50-metre heated outdoor pool in both summer and winter. You can also enjoy the indoor pool, balneotherapy, giant slide and wellness area. In Tours Nord, head for the Mortier swimming pool, with its contemporary architecture combining wood and glass. A slow-moving river, water jets and massaging benches, a waterfall... a fun trail runs alongside the 25m pool. An adapted ramp provides access for people with reduced mobility. At the Thermes de Luynes, take a swim in the beautiful Nordic pool and relax in the wellness area with sauna, hammam and jacuzzi. Let your children have fun on the slides at the Ô Bleue aquatic centre in Fondettes, Bulle d'Ô in Joué-lès-Tours or in the water games at La Plage in Saint-Avertin (depending on the time of year).

Whether you're a triple axel pro or an avid skater, turn rainy days into happy ones at Tours' municipal ice rink!

We promised you wouldn't be bored in Tours and Touraine, even in bad weather!