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Located 240 km away from Paris, the city of Tours is easily accessible by air, rail or road.

Travelling from outside Europe by air and high speed train

To come to Tours, the easiest way is to fly to Paris and then take the high speed TGV train to Tours. 
The two international Parisian airports (http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/en/homepage), Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Paris-Orly, are connected to nearly 300 destinations worldwide via about 150 airlines. Public transports provide easy connection to the center of Paris, from which it is then possible to take a direct train to Tours Centre 
If flying to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), there is a direct high speed train connection to Tours through the Saint Pierre des Corps station, from which a shuttle train provides easy connection to the city center ( http://en.voyages-sncf.com/en/ ).

For train reservations from outside of Europe : www.raileurope.com .

Getting to Tours from Paris–step by step

Travelling within Europe

Low cost flights direct to the international airport Tours-Loire Valley (http://www.tours.aeroport.fr/home) provide direct links (https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/) to London-Stansted, Dublin, Figari, Porto, Marrakech and Marseille.  Tours-Loire Valley airport is located only 15-30 minutes from Tours downtown (by car or 15 min walk to Vaucanson Tram station and bus line #2 Tempo to Gare Vinci)

By rail
Tours has two TGV stations: Tours-Centre in the heart of the city in front of the Vinci Congress Center and Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, located 5-20 minutes from downtown Tours, accessible via a shuttle train or bus (Fil bleu, line #5 to Parc Grandmont stop at Gare Vinci).

Tours is directly connected by high speed train (TGV) to Paris (Montparnasse station; 1h10), Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (1h45), Lyon, Lille, Strasbourg and Marseille (SNCF), but also Brussels (Thalys) and London (Eurostar). From Paris you can also choose a slower way to discover French landscapes by taking the regional express train (TER) from Austerlitz station (about 2h-2h30).

Tours train stations :
-Tours Centre Train Station
Place du Général Leclerc (Square of the Général Leclerc), 37000 Tours

-Saint-Pierre-des-Corps Train Station
67 rue Fabienne Landy (67 Fabienne Landy street), 37700 Saint-Pierre-des-Corps

By road

Tours city is at the heart of a motorway junction with the A10 (Paris-Spain), the A28 (Calais-Bayonne) and the A85 (Nantes-Lyon) connecting with the main cities of France.

Bus companies (Eurolines, OUIBUS) make the connection between the bus station of Tours and many cities in France and Europe.
Other bus companies
-Eurolines
http://www.eurolines.fr/en/
-OUIBUS
http://www.ouibus.com/
-FLIXBUS
https://www.flixbus.com/