Botanical garden
Close to our hotel in Tours

Known as the “Garden of France” for its outstanding parks and gardens, Touraine (the Tours region) is the ideal destination for garden lovers. Tours is no exception One of France’s greenest cities,Tours has a number of magnificent parks between the Loire and Cher rivers.There’s also the superb Botanical Garden of Tours, one of France’s finest, at just 30 minutes from the hotel. Created between 1831 and 1843 in a former humid zone, this wonderful park has a varied atmosphere, from its medicinal plant garden, its perennial garden, its garden of evolution and its themed garden which changes with the seasons, with magnolias, rhododendrons and Indian lilacs.
There’s also the arboretum, the grand orangery greenhouse and the grand greenhouse with its biodiversity collection, containing tropical plants and South African flowers. Finally, enjoy the different animal areas where you’ll be able to see numerous exotic creatures, including wallabies, emus, parrots and parakeets, as well as farm animals at the petting zoo, including donkeys, sheep, goats and rabbits.