From the owner: L'amour du travail bien fait Nés au Moyen-age, toujours en activité, les Compagnons du tour de…read moreFrance ont leur musée à Tours. Leur histoire et leurs traditions sont évoquées par les grands chefs-d'oeuvre des charpentiers, tailleurs de pierre, couvreurs, maréchaux-ferrants, sabotiers, serruriers, confiseurs, cordonniers... A côté de ces chefs-d'oeuvres, des tableaux, des objets, des outils illustrent la vie des compagnons. Ces collections constituent un ensemble unique au monde. Pour les jeunes publics, des ateliers pédagogiques constituent une découverte du Compagnonnage et des métiers à travers les collections du musée puis sont suivis d'activités d'initiation aux techniques.

From the owner: Faune et flore régionales Situé dans l'ancien couvent des Jacobins, le Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle…read moreexplique la région du Blésois au travers de maquettes, dioramas, modules interactifs, et animations audiovisuelles. Géologie, faune et flore sont présentées de façon didactique et ludique à la fois. Des expositions et conférences ont lieu régulièrement.

MAGICAL!!! So fantastic! English available and so much to…read moresee! 5 floors of magic .... let me repeat 5 FLOORS of MAGIC...... hello my new favourite place... can I live here please?!?!?! All it needs is a cupcake shop attached, and I am set. The top floor is CRAZY - holy heck, do not miss it. you put on these funny glasses and hold on to a railing and completely lose a sense... its intense, not for the motion sick.... very trippy. Once every 1/2 hour there is a free outdoor show of the 6 headed dragon... while I was visiting the dragon only had 4 heads but it was still AMAZING to see. AND if you are inside when it happens you will hear it but one of the inner workings of the dragon is exposed, so you can go and check it out!

From the owner: Magie, culture, loisirs, tourismeread more

FANTASTIC Museum. It would of received 5-stars, but they never answer multiple emails I sent and…read morethe track was closed, totally contradicting what the website said. My kid, who loves Ford vs Ferrari spend an hour looking at the cars and memorabilia. I was so excited for him. We also got great gifts from the gift shop.

American Tourist here…read more I'm a big car guy so when I planned my trip to Paris I made sure there was time to visit Le Mans. We rented a car and drove from Paris to Le Mans which is ~120 miles, I thought it would take 2 hours or so but it actually took 4 hours! You are basically taking a small 2 lane highway throughout the entire trip so you are probably averaging ~50mphs. About every 5-10 minutes the highway puts you through a small town where you slow to a crawl through the roundabouts. So yah, factor in 8 hours of driving round trip. On to the museum, it's much smaller and less impressive than I thought. There is a decent mix of old and new race cars but a lot of the famous models like Aston Martin DBR1 and Jaguar D types were missing. I was at the Indy museum recently and they pretty much have every single Indy 500 winning racecar there so the Le Mans museum was disappointing. I think even at a leisurely pace you can get through the museum in an hour pretty easily.

American Tourist here…read more I'm a big car guy so when I planned my trip to Paris I made sure there was time to visit Le Mans. We rented a car and drove from Paris to Le Mans which is ~120 miles, I thought it would take 2 hours or so but it actually took 4 hours! You are basically taking a small 2 lane highway throughout the entire trip so you are probably averaging ~50mphs. About every 5-10 minutes the highway puts you through a small town where you slow to a crawl through the roundabouts. So yah, factor in 8 hours of driving round trip. On to the museum, it's much smaller and less impressive than I thought. There is a decent mix of old and new race cars but a lot of the famous models like Aston Martin DBR1 and Jaguar D types were missing. I was at the Indy museum recently and they pretty much have every single Indy 500 winning racecar there so the Le Mans museum was disappointing. I think even at a leisurely pace you can get through the museum in an hour pretty easily.

I came here not being a race fan and left being a race fan. Nice gift shop and very thorough…read moremuseum, plus for a few extra euro you can walk out around the race track. Nothing was going on race wise while I was there but there is still plenty to see. Nothing to eat on the grounds so be sure to pack something if you want something. I took a taxi from the train station but there might be busses that stop near the race track I am not sure. It's not far out of town so it's about 15 euro taxi ride from the gare Le Mans train station.

From the owner: Plus près de la nature Roches et fossiles racontent le passé aquatique de la Touraine dans une…read moreexposition au titre évocateur : l'eau à tous les temps. "Touraine vivante" est une exposition permanente d'animaux naturalisés de la région. Le muséum réserve également un étage aux expositions temporaires.