Monastery or convent · Tours · Indre-et-Loire

Couvent des Carmes de Tours

Couvent des Carmes de Tours is a convent located in Indre-et-Loire. Since 1946 it has been a registered historic monument (inscrit, in part). Close by, Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours is 900 m away, one of 165 within 15 km.

Where

In Tours

inside the commune

Historic monument

1946

Registered historic monument (inscrit, in part)

How well known

Top 15%

#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Oct

highs of 17–26°C

In brief

Monastery or convent in Tours

In Tours

Couvent des Carmes de Tours is in the commune of Tours, with 73 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Registered historic monument (inscrit, in part)

Protected as a historic monument since 1946; built in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries (Mérimée record PA00098144). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

The weather, month by month

Afternoons in Tours peak at 17–26°C, May to October.

Jan8° / 2°68 mm

Feb9° / 2°58 mm

Mar13° / 3°54 mm

Apr16° / 5°57 mm

May20° / 9°62 mm

Jun24° / 12°53 mm

Jul26° / 14°47 mm

Aug26° / 13°47 mm

Sep22° / 10°53 mm

Oct17° / 8°70 mm

Nov12° / 5°76 mm

Dec8° / 2°80 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Tours, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Fondettes station, 7.5 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Tours’ full climate →

About

Couvent des Carmes de Tours

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Couvent des Carmes de Tours on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Mérimée record PA00098144 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type: Monastery or convent
Protection: Registered historic monument (inscrit, in part) · 1946
Built: 15th, 16th and 17th centuries
Covered in: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Tours, Indre-et-Loire

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

The map

Map of Couvent des Carmes de Tours and nearby

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Couvent des Carmes de Tours is the orange one.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Couvent des Carmes de Tours

In size, Tours comes first of the 8, with 139,259 people. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in this commune

Tours

139,259 people

2 · 2.2 km northwest of it

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire

17,029 people

3 · 2.3 km southwest of it

La Riche

10,487 people

4 · 3.1 km east of it

Saint-Pierre-des-Corps

15,898 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Couvent des Carmes de Tours is	People
Tours	It’s in this commune	139,259
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire	2.2 km northwest of it	17,029
La Riche	2.3 km southwest of it	10,487
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps	3.1 km east of it	15,898
Saint-Avertin	5.6 km southeast of it	14,999
Joué-lès-Tours	5.6 km south of it	38,423
Fondettes	5.7 km west of it	10,954
Rochecorbon	5.9 km northeast of it	3,219

Make a day of it

Pair Couvent des Carmes de Tours with these

Also close at hand are 3 attractions, 2 museums and a church, among 165 within 15 km.

AttractionCathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours900 m east, in Tours 2

ChurchBasilique Saint-Martin de Tours400 m south, in Tours 3

AttractionChâteau de Tours800 m east, in Tours 4

MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Tours900 m east, in Tours 5ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Plessis-lès-Tours2.3 km southwest, in La Riche 6AttractionAttractionChâteau de Villandry14 km southwest, in Villandry 7

MuseumHôtel Goüin200 m southeast, in Tours 8AbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Julien300 m east, in Tours

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Couvent des Carmes de Tours

Where is Couvent des Carmes de Tours?

Couvent des Carmes de Tours is in Tours, in Indre-et-Loire (Centre-Val de Loire).

What is Couvent des Carmes de Tours?

Convent located in Indre-et-Loire, in France.

Is Couvent des Carmes de Tours a historic monument?

Yes: Registered historic monument (inscrit, in part), since 1946, Mérimée record PA00098144.

How well known is Couvent des Carmes de Tours?

Couvent des Carmes de Tours has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5,252 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Couvent des Carmes de Tours?

May to October are the warmest months in Tours, with afternoon highs of 17–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Couvent des Carmes de Tours?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours (900 m), Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours (400 m), Château de Tours (800 m) and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours (900 m).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours: Miralolotte23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours: Parsifall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Château de Tours: Eusebius, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours: Casper Moller, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hôtel Goüin: Baptiste37, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.