Getting There -- Amboise is on the Paris-Blois-Tours rail line, with about a dozen trains per day from both Tours and Blois. The trip from Tours takes 20 minutes and costs 4.60€ ($6.70) one-way; from Blois, it takes 20 minutes and costs 5.90€ ($8.60) one-way. About five conventional trains a day leave from Paris's Gare d'Austerlitz (trip time: 3 hr.), and several TGVs (trip time: 2 hr., 15 min.) depart from the Gare Montparnasse for St-Pierre-des-Corps, less than a kilometer ( 1/2 mile) from Tours. From St-Pierre-des-Corps, you can transfer to a conventional train to Amboise. Fares from Paris to Amboise start at 27€ ($39). For information, call tel. 36-35 or 08-92-35-35-35.
If you prefer to travel by bus, Fil Vert Buses (www.touraine-filvert.com), which operates out of the Gare Routière in Tours, just across from the railway station, runs about 8 to 11 buses every day between Tours and Amboise. The one-way trip takes about 35 minutes and costs 1.50€ ($2.20).
If you're driving from Tours, take N152 east to D32 and then turn south, following signs to Amboise.
Visitor Information -- The Office de Tourisme is on quai du Général-de-Gaulle (tel. 02-47-57-09-28; www.amboise-valdeloire.com).
