Walking Tour
Walking TourCollégiale Saint Martin et Tour Charlemagne
Tours
Climb the 48-metre Tour Charlemagne, an 11th-century survivor that watched its basilica fall to revolution and its own walls crumble in 1926. The restored tower rewards your ascent with views over Vieux Tours.
Medieval tower ruins
11th-century architecture
Romanesque stonework
National Monument
Tips
👀"you can climb thé steps for a fantastique view"
📜read the French/English history panels at the base
🏛️only remnant of the original Carolingian basilica
Collégiale Saint Martin et Tour Charlemagne
Tours
Walking TourWalking TourClimb the 48-metre Tour Charlemagne, an 11th-century survivor that watched its basilica fall to revolution and its own walls crumble in 1926. The restored tower rewards your ascent with views over Vieux Tours.
Medieval tower ruins
11th-century architecture
Romanesque stonework
National Monument
Tips
👀"you can climb thé steps for a fantastique view"
📜read the French/English history panels at the base
🏛️only remnant of the original Carolingian basilica