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Parc de la Perraudière

Type :

  • Landscape garden
  • Town garden/park
  • partly disabled access (contact the Garden)

A countryside park covering 5 hectares on the hillside of the right bank of River Loire, Parc de la Perraudière was created at the end of the XIXth century. It offers a panoramic view on the river and the city of Tours. With more than 120 vegetable species, it truly is an arboretum.
At the centre of the park, contemporary sculptures bring a creative touch. A puppet theatre operates from May to September. A charming pavilion hosts temporary exhibitions. The park also comprises of a play area and animal centres: fallow deer, goats, gallinaceous birds, palmipeds…From August through to October, a carpet of cyclamens glows under the trees.

The park is listed in the Inventaire des sites pittoresques.