Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Blois, France
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2.2 km
63 m
Explore Blois in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in BloisSight 1: Église Saint-Saturnin
Blois-Vienne Church is a Roman Catholic church located on the left bank of the Loire river in the city of Blois, France.
Sight 2: House of Magic
La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin is a museum which faces the Royal Château de Blois. It is located in the Loir-et-Cher département in the Loire Valley, in France, in the center of the city of Blois. As a museum of France and bearing the official label of "Musée de France", it is the only public museum in Europe which incorporates in one place collections of magic and a site for permanent performing arts. The creation of such a site is directly linked to the personality of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, a famous French illusionist born in Blois in 1805.
Wikipedia: La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin (EN), Website
Sight 3: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois, located in the Louis XII wing of the city's famous castle, presents collections of painting, sculpture and decorative arts dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. It was established in 1850.
Sight 4: Royal Castle of Blois
The Royal Château of Blois is a château located in the city center of Blois, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loire Valley, France. In addition to having been the residence of the Counts of Blois and some French Kings, Joan of Arc also went there by 1429 to be blessed by the Archbishop of Reims before departing with her army to drive against the English, who conquered Orléans the previous year.
Sight 5: Église Saint-Nicolas
The Church of Saint-Nicolas du Foix is a Roman Catholic church in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France.
Sight 6: Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
The Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church is a Catholic religious building located in Blois, France. Former Saint-Louis chapel of the Jesuit college of Blois, it was built in the 17th century but only became a parish church in the 19th century, under the term of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul.
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