Top 10 workshops to do in Tours • Wanderlix

Do you want to initiate an activity or are looking for an original gift? Discover the best workshops in Tours without further delay!

« Tours has been and will always be, the feet in the Loire, like a pretty girl who swims and plays with water». With this beautiful quote, Honoré de Balzac reveals to us the love he brings to his birth town. Two centuries later, Tours did not change and the quays of the Loire are always the soul of the city.

With its doves and paved alleys, the old town of Tours is a small escape in the past. There is a lively and lively city, with local shops and neighbourhood artisans. Whether located in the Old Tours or outside the city, some of these craftsmen let you discover their know-how.

If you have the artistic soul and the desire to learn, Wanderlix has selected for you the top ten workshops to do in Tours.

1. Maroquinerie

This workshop in Tours allows you to discover the leather goods with Julie, craftsman sadier-maroquinier. During 4h at the rate 90 € per person, Julie will make you discover her beautiful craft and explain all the facets of leather work.

After theoretical training, we go to practice! Julie will leave you the choice of a high quality leather from French luxury homes. Then place at the cutting, at the choice of size and length, then gluing, assembly and sewing, all in the good mood! You leave the workshop with a hand-crafted luxury belt.

2. Vegetatal

Claire’s terrarium workshop

In this workshop in Tours, you are going to meet Claire, plant designer, with the objective of creating a trendy decor: the terrarium. During 2h and for 60 € per person, you will create a terrarium corresponding to your personality.

After you have initiated plant design, Claire will explain in detail what a terrarium is and help you create your mini greenhouse. You will start with the soil and then choose together the right plants to achieve the best possible composition. With a maximum of two waterings a year, your work is self-regulating itself and will be proudly exposed in your accommodation.

The workshop crown of Marine flowers

Want to create a unique crown of flowers? Have the curiosity of crossing the door of this workshop in Tours. Marine, a florist craftsman, makes you discover his profession in joy and good mood!

After you have initiated floral art, Marine presents you the different varieties that can compose your future crown of flowers. During 2h and for 60 € per person, you will be accompanied throughout the realization. The reward of your efforts? A beautiful and unique crown of dried flowers!

3. Cuisine

The chocolate workshop with Grégoire

This workshop in Tours is unique. During 1:30 and for 45 € per person, you will be welcomed by Grégoire, pastry and chocolate maker, in a unique setting, a medieval house of charm. Your goal? Create your own chocolate tablet or beggars!

At first, Gregory and his colleagues will introduce you to this art that is chocolate factory, including how to turn cocoa beans into chocolate. Then you choose your Valrhona chocolate (authorised tasting!), used by the great chefs, for your future creation. Finally, you realize what you've been waiting for since the start! Think about enjoying it at home and not on the way back!

The workshop with Jérôme

Craft beer enthusiasts will only have eyes for this workshop in Tours. During 4h and for 80 € per person, Jérôme, artisan brasseur, welcomes you to discover the secrets of making your favourite drink!

First of all, Jérôme will introduce you to his 2,000-litre vats and start you at the different stages of making a beer, from crushing to bottle. It will then be your turn to make these steps to create a 20 litre brewer. A few weeks later, the time that fermentation is doing its work, you will get a few bottles and enjoy your realization on your couch.

The bakery workshop with Matthew

In this workshop in Tours, Matthew, a bakery craftsman, lets you discover the secrets of his bakery to make your bread with gluten-free leaven. During 3:30 and for 70 € by person, Matthew will present you his beautiful trade, how his bread is made and will give you knowledge of bakery.

A specialist in leaven bread, Matthew will accompany you during the making of your own breads: a rye-tower and a bread with a small spelt. And believe us, you will never be so fond of yourself!

4. Drink

In this workshop in Tours, you will realize your wicker basket thanks to Christine, a vannier craftsman. During 3:30 and for 60 € per person, you will learn a lot about this beautiful work that is vanilla.

After discovering the tools you will use, you will learn all the techniques to make your wicker basket. If the technique requires patience and dexterity, Christine will be there to accompany you throughout the realization.

5. Jewellery

Thanks to Jeremiah, a jewel craftsman, this workshop will allow you to create your silver ring. During 3h training and training 150 € per person, Jeremiah introduces you to this beautiful art of jewellery. Then you will become acquainted with the money and Jeremiah will teach you to manipulate and work it.

You will then realize your unique ring with Jeremiah, who takes the time to explain all the techniques to get to create a jewel at your waist. Finally, you will proudly distribute with your fingerwork!

6. Pottery

With this workshop in Tours, you will initiate yourself in the pottery tower with Melanie, a ceramic craftsman. During 2:30 at the rate 50 € per person, you will first learn some theoretical bases on the pottery, as well as get acquainted with the tools you will use.

Then comes what you all expect: practice! After preparing the sandstone, you will turn the earth. Each stage of the shooting is explained by Melanie to allow you to make two shot pieces that you will proudly bring home!

7. Verre

With Marie-Laure and Mélaine, Mosaïstes, this workshop in Tours will allow you to realize your own mosaic box. During 3h and for 150 € per person, you will first initiate yourself to the work of glass in order to make your unique creation.

Your goal will be to decorate the lid of a wooden box. The technique is difficult but Marie-Laure and Mélaine will be there to guide you. The cut of the glass paste, the marble or the cut of the ceramic stoneware with the marteline will no longer have a secret for you! You will leave this workshop in Tours with your personalized work.