World Travel Guide Search for a City   Destination Guides > Europe & Russia > Europe > France > Loire > Tours Tours -- Neighborhoods -- Cathedral quarter Old quarter Rue Nationale .  Tours   · The City .  Arrival And Information .  Eating And Drinking .  Nightlife .  Listings .  Explore Tours .  Hotels in Tours TOURS - THE CITY Hotels in Tours   .  Au Relais Saint Eloi Tours from  $61.27  USD     .  Hotel De Lunivers Tours from  $177.80  USD     .  Bw Central Tours from  $98.39  USD   More Hotels in Tours >> The centre of Tours lies between the Loire and its tributary, the Cher, but has spread far across both banks, with industrial Tours north of the Loire. Neither river is a particular feature of the town, though there are parks on islands in both rivers and a newish footbridge across the Loire from the site of the old castle on quai d'Orléans. The city's old quarter focuses not on the cathedral or the château, but on the picturesque place Plumereau, some 600m to the west of the main rue Nationale.