Located on a North-South axis of the RN 10, this large rural town was a traditional stop on the old Route d Espagne. This explains why the archdiocese purchased two fiefs for the local lords in the 15th century, to control this thoroughfare towards Saint James of Compostela.

The church was built at the very beginning of the 11th century, virtually at the wellspring of the Mardereau, a tributary of the Indre; most of this large plateau was covered by forest.

Today, the Hauts Arpents nature reserve protects a wealth of natural treasures, with more than twenty different species of trees and five varieties of wild orchids

Located on the northern edge of the plateau of Sainte Maure de Touraine, this village was called Saint Bénigne in the 13th century, after a Breton bishop who made a pilgrimage to Saint Martin of Tours, and who is buried here.

The parish was long famous for its pilgrimage to the neo-Gothic style chapel in Beauchêne, for the protection of children and crops.

The town is renowned for its melon fair at the end of August, the legacy of a medieval livestock fair

19 km from Tours, this town located on the right bank of the Indre was called TROIS at the time of Charlemagne. At the gates of Cormery, a Carolingian city whose famous abbey was founded by ITHIER, abbot of Saint Martin of Tours, Truyes has the advantage of offering magnificent views of a wide range of countryside: river banks, undergrowth, valleys, hillsides, and woodlands.

An ancient medieval path that connects the village to the priory of Saint Jean du Grais and to the Chapel of Saint Blaise along the road to Loches was used by travellers before they forded the Indre

The town of Esvres, located on the right bank of the Indre River, but whose entire territory stradles the two banks, is 16 km from Tours.

During the Gallic period, it was called EVERA, after the various springs that pour forth from the hillside, one of which flows by the base of the church, another beneath the town hall.

The landscape is embellished with numerous mills, as well as with washing-places, and the famous Girault bridge that Joan of Arc is said to have crossed on her way to Chinon in 1429

Like all the towns of the Valley of the Indre, Veigné, the old priory of the abbey of Cormery, some ten kilometres from Tours, has a rich and verdant architectural heritage.

An exploration of the slopes that border the river reveals chateaux, manors, and small country seats tucked into the surrounding nature.

Veigné is dominated by its large mill, very well-restored, whose wheel is visible from outside, and which now houses numerous associations.

Located 12 km to the south of Tours on RN10, Montbazon is a favourite stop along the Route d Espagne. This important fortified town controlled the valley of the Indre and belonged to great feudal families.

Foulques Nerra, earl of Anjou, built a small wooden fort here, which was rebuilt in stone towards 1050, and subsequently crowned with a statue of the Virgin. Following a long period of renovation, the donjon is now open to the public.

A valley beginning at Montbazon and ending at the Loire River unfurls here, seeming to lurch beneath the châteaux that rest on its double hills: a magnificent emerald basin along whose bottom the Indre River sinuously winds its way.

During the Gallo-Roman era, the territory of Monts comprised two estates, one on either side of the Indre River. One of the estates was replaced by a priory, and the other, on a hill overlooking the river, became a village clustered around its Romanesque church.

The old village remains very pittoresque to this day, with its narrow and winding sloping alleys flanked with beautiful old buildings.

The Château de Candé, built by François Briçonnet in 1508, is where former King Edward VIII of England married Wallis Simpson in 1937

Midway between Montbazon and Azay le Rideau, Artannes is reached by crossing the Indre River, where one may admire the mill along the way.

Balzac was fond of strolling through this charming village, which was one of the summer residences of the archbishops of Tours. The church of Saint Maurice was erected here by Bishop Gregory of Tours.

A century ago, the northern slope of the Indre was largely covered by vineyards, as attested to by the numerous maisons de vigne  (vineyard houses) still present in the township today