Vouvray is a town located east of Tours, on the right bank of the Loire. She is known for its white wines AOC (dry, medium dry, sweet and sparkling). Its inhabitants are called Vouvrillons and Vouvrillonnes.
Vouvray GPS: 0 ° 47'58 "E - 47 ° 24'41" N
Vouvray GPS: 0 ° 47'58 "E - 47 ° 24'41" N
The Frauenkirche was rebuilt in 1861. The original Romanesque church (11th century), it remains only the base of the tower.
The private castle of Moncontour was built in the 15th century, rebuilt in the 19th century and restored after a fire severely damaged him in June 1942.
The private mansion of La Gaudrelle (17th century) has a cave chapel.
Bidaudières The castle (18th century) was rebuilt in the 19th century and restored in 1996.
The private mansion of La Chardonniere was built in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Castle Vaudenuits is a construct of the 19th century.
Manor Mount dates from the 17th century.
Girardière The mansion was built in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Many old houses are visible in the city.
An oratory dedicated to the Virgin is located in rue de la Bonne Dame.
An old sundial can be seen on the facade of a house in the Rue du Commerce.
Another sundial can be seen on the lintel of a door of a cave dwelling of the path of Écheneau. It is dated 1620.
Near the church, a monument was erected to the memory of the musician Charles Bordes (1863-1909), a native of Vouvray and renovator of Gregorian chant. This monument is the work of sculptor Bruno Médéric.
Another monument, located on rue Victor Hugo, is the bust of the hero of a novel (1833) Honoré de Balzac: The illustrious Gaudissart. The action of this book is going to Vouvray.
There are several boxes of vine in the territory of the municipality, including this one, near the manor of La Gaudrelle.
Bouchet The mansion was built in the 16th century.
Its cylindrical pigeon had lost its roof.
September 16, 1889, created an independent operator, a tramway line to standard gauge steam, between the city of Tours and Vouvray. These trams will be replaced by buses September 1, 1932. A plaque on an old station has been preserved Leon Avenue in Brule.
Bouchet 
Vouvray has its vane whose central part represents the vineyard and the top of the bell tower of Notre Dame.
This can be seen from a location near the cemetery.
The private mansion of the High Place (18th century) was amended in the 19th century.
Features:
- the cave chapel of Écheneau (18th century)
- Castle privé de La Barre (19ème siècle)
- les manoirs privés: Le Plessis (17ème siècle, avec une fuie circulaire à toiture surmontée d'un lanternon) et Bel-Air (19ème siècle)
- l'ancien relais de poste de La Frillière (17ème et 18ème siècles)
- les nombreuses habitations troglodytiques
- le pigeonnier de La Fuie
Communes voisines: Monnaie , Montlouis-sur-Loire , Rochecorbon et Vernou-sur-Brenne
A consulter:
Shield of Vouvray
A consulter:
Bed and Breakfast (Bed & Breakfast)
- Domain Bidaudières
- The Closeraie (+ host table)
- The Rochelière
Shield of Vouvray 
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