Loire Valley In 2000, UNESCO added the central part of the Loire River valley to its list of World Heritage Sites. The valley includes historic towns such as Amboise, Angers, Blois, Chinon, Montsoreau, Orléans, Saumur, and Tours. The climate is favorable most of the year, the river often acting as a line of demarcation in France's weather between the northern climate and the southern. The river has a significant effect on the mesoclimate of the region, adding a few degrees of temperature. The climate can be cool with springtime frost while wine harvest months may have rain. Summers are hot; however, influences
Tours Val de Loire Airport Tours Val de Loire Airport Tours Val de Loire Airport () is an airport in the French department of Indre-et-Loire, north-northeast of the city of Tours in the Loire Valley ("Val de Loire"). The airport is located partly on the territory of the communes of Tours and Parçay-Meslay. The airport is open to both national and international carriers, private planes and is certified for both instrument flight and visual flight. The airport dates back to World War I, being established as a French Air Force (Armee de l'Air) training center. The center trained many French aviators and some Americans who