Kil. Miles. =Chartres= to Bonneval =31= 19¼ =Bonneval= to Châteaudun =14= 8¾ =Châteaudun= to Cloyes =12= 7½ =Cloyes= to Vendôme =28= 17½ =Vendôme= to Château-Renault =26= 16 =Château-Renault= to Tours =30= 18½ By this road, which is on the whole level, one can shorten the distance to Biarritz by 61 miles, but it means omitting the fascinating Château Country. SECTION VI TOURS TO POITIERS, 76½ MILES (124 KILOMETRES) DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE Kil. Miles. =Tours= to Cormery =19= 11¾ =Cormery= to Loches (direct) =20= 12¼ [=Cormery= to Loches (by Reignac, Azay, and Chambourg) =22= 13½] =Loches= to Ligueil =18= 11¼ =Ligueil= to La Haye-Descartes =12= 7½ =La Haye-Descartes= to Châtellerault =22= 13½ =Châtellerault= to La Tricherie =14= 8½ =La Tricherie= to Poitiers =19= 11¾ NOTES FOR DRIVERS =Cormery to Loches.=--The longer route has the best surface, and goes through very pretty scenery. =Loches to Châtellerault= is a rough road, with some short hills after La Haye Descartes. PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE =Tours.=--A large manufacturing town on the Loire and the Cher; Cathedral Romanesque, thirteenth century, with coeval glass, latest work sixteenth century; the Archevêché, fourteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries; Tour de Guise, twelfth century; towers of the monastery of St. Martin; Tour de l’Horloge and Tour Charlemagne, both twelfth to thirteenth century; Churches of (1) St. Martin, built 1860 above the spot where his remains were discovered; (2) Notre Dame la Riche, fifteenth century; (3) Priory of St. Côme, remains of twelfth and fifteenth centuries; (4) Chapelle du Lycée, 1630; (5) St. Julien, 1225-1259; (6) Église des Jacobins, 1260, used for military purposes; (7) St. Laurent, ruined church of twelfth century; the Bibliothèque contains a Bible of Charlemagne. =Cormery.=--A picturesque village with interesting Romanesque church and a ruined abbey by the River Indre. =Loches.=--An exceedingly interesting and picturesque walled town; two gateways of fifteenth century; extensive citadel enclosing the unique twelfth-century Church of St. Ours, the donjon, with many remarkable prisons cut out of the rock, and the Château Royal, built in the fifteenth century. =Ligueil.=--Village, with old houses and church from Romanesque to Flamboyant.