The history of the Château des Sept Tours

At first a 3 tower manor, the "Chateau du Vivier" was transformed in the 14th century in an ostentatious home accumulating the Middle Age and Renaissance references. The many owners from 1450 to our days of the Chateau des Sept Tours made many transormation year after year. Today, the Chateau des Sept Tours is a wonderful example of the neogothic architecture of the last century.

More information : http://www.7tours.com/#/en/histoire/

Celtic Golf Trophy

Codified in 1754 in Scotland by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews, what could be more natural than honouring the heritage of your favourite sport in local dress?! 

On 16th March 2013, The Celtic Golf Trophy welcomes you to the 18-hole golf course at the Château des 7 tours in Courcelles-de-Touraine, near Tours. We look forward to seeing you in kit on the green for a competition that will be played in four balls!

Play golf all year round with "Snow Golf"!

Fans of "Golf on snow" or "Snow golf" and international competitions have existed now for a number of years to enable golf addicts to continue doing what they love in every season!

The origins of "Snow golf"
The origins of "Snow golf" are quite controversial. They say that it was already being played in the XVIIth century in Scotland, or even that it was in Canada that a handful of golf lovers had the idea to play golf in the snow, equipped with racquets on their feet and improvising a course market out by flags. For others, it was the writer Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), author of "The Jungle Book", that invented the concept at his American home in Vermont, accompanied by Sir Authur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), who was also passionate about golf.

Happy New Year!

A literary journey through the Touraine (1/5)

Chateaux, landscapes, vineyards, yes, but also Descartes, Balzac, Ronsard, Rabelais and Vigny. The Touraine is also the land of writers! Through regular short articles we shall look at each of these famous people and the areas of Touraine important to them and to their work.

On the trail of Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850)

"Shame on he who fails to admire my joyful, beautiful, courageous Touraine and her seven valleys which flow with water and wine!"

Honoré de Balzac was born in Tours in 1799, at 25 rue de l’Armée d’Italie (now 47 rue nationale; his birthplace was destroyed during bombing in June 1940). At the age of eight he was sent to the Oratorian College in Vendôme, 50 km north of Tours. In 1814 he moved from the Touraine with his parents to the Marais in Paris. Despite studying law and working as an articled clerk, he frequented the Sorbonne and decided to devote himself to literature.

Château des 7 Tours Christmas Box

With the festive season fast approaching, are you looking for a gift for your loved ones, colleagues or customers? Château des 7 Tours has several gift packages of special experiences for your chosen recipients!

Hotel gift packages for 2 people

• Getaways at the Château: 239€
- One night in a ‘Traditional’ double room
- Set-menu dinners excluding drinks
- American breakfast buffets

• Romance at the Château: 389€
- One night in a ‘De Luxe’ double room
- Champagne aperitif
- Carte Blanche dinners (tasting menu, excluding drinks)
- American breakfast buffets
- Late departure (1400 instead of 1200)

Must-see sites in the Loire valley

Next stage of our quick tour of the castles in the Loire valley. We will now present the Château de Brézé, the Château de Clos Lucé and the Château d'Azay-le-Rideau.

Château de Brézé: The château de Brézé was constructed between the XI and XIX centuries, and provides visitors with the opportunity to discover an elegant home which is still lived in, not to mention an extraordinary underground site! A little known rupestral setting of the Loire castles, unique in the world, is hidden under the castle!