Tour or Tours may refer to:

Travel

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring (disambiguation), touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tour (disambiguation), tours. Th ...

, travel for pleasure *

Tour of duty For military personnel, a tour of duty is usually a period of time spent in combat or in a hostile environment. In an army, for instance, soldiers on active duty serve 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the length of their service commitment. ...

, a period of time spent in military service *

Campus tour A college tour, also called a campus tour, is a tour of a college or university's campus. Prospective students, their family members and other visitors take campus tours to learn about the college or university's facilities, as well as student life, ...

, a journey through a college or university's campus *

Guided tour A tour guide (U.S.) or a tourist guide (European) is a person who provides assistance, information on cultural, historical and contemporary heritage to people on organized sightseeing and individual clients at educational establishments, relig ...

, a journey through a location, directed by a guide *

Walking tour A walking tour is a tour of a historical or cultural site undertaken on foot, frequently in an urban setting. Short tours can last under an hour, while longer ones can take in multiple sites and last a full day or more. A walk can be led by a tou ...

, a visit of a historical or cultural site undertaken on foot

Entertainment

Concert tour A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific to ...

, a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different locations *

Touring theatre Touring theatre is independent travelling theatre that is presented at a different location in each city. A touring theatre is produced by a theater company, called the producing entity, often based in one location, and sold, as a show, by a bookin ...

, independent theatre that travels to different venues

Sports

Professional golf tours Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organised into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women; most are based in a specific geographical region, although some to ...

, otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments *

Tennis tour {{For, the professional head-to-head tennis tours ran before the Open Era, Tennis Pro Tours A tennis tour (or tennis circuit) is tennis played in tournament format at a series of venues – a tour – over during a set period of weeks or months. P ...

, tennis played in tournament format at a series of venues * Events in various sports named the Pro Tour (disambiguation) *

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

('), the world's biggest bicycle race

Places

Tour-de-Faure Tour-de-Faure (; oc, Torre-de-Faure) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Lot department The following is a list of the 313 communes of the Lot department of France France (), ...

, Lot, France *

Tour-en-Bessin Tour-en-Bessin (, literally ''Tour in Bessin'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. History World War II After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air For ...

, Calvados, France * Tour-en-Sologne, Loir-et-Cher, France *

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...

, Indre-et-Loire, France *

Tours-en-Savoie Tours-en-Savoie is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. See also *Communes of the Savoie department The following is a list of the 273 communes of the Savoie department of France. Th ...

, Savoie, France *

Tours-en-Vimeu Tours-en-Vimeu is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated southwest of Abbeville, on the D22 road Population See ...

, Somme, France *

Tours-sur-Marne Tours-sur-Marne (, literally ''Tours on Marne'') is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France. Champagne The village's vineyards are located in the Vallée de la Marne subregion of Champagne, and are classified as Grand Cru (100% ...

, Marne, France *

Tours-sur-Meymont Tours-sur-Meymont () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France. Intercom ...

, Puy-de-Dôme, France * Tours, Texas, United States

People

James Tour James Mitchell Tour (born 1959) is an American chemist and nanotechnologist. He is a Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, and Professor of Computer Science at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Tour is a top ...

(born 1959), nanoscientist *

La Tour (surname) La Tour (as distinct from Latour) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour (1593–1666), French Governor of Acadia * Georges de La Tour (1593–1652), French Baroque painter * Frances de la ...

Other uses

Tours FC Tours Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tours (), is a French association football club based in Tours, the capital city of the Indre-et-Loire department. The club was formed in 1919 and currently play at the fifth level of French ...

, a French association football club based in Tours