Brou travel guide
Visit Brou: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Nogent-le-Rotrou at 29 km from Brou
Location: Brou is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 36 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Brou is 113 km from Paris and 309 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Brou: weekly market: Wednesday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Brou: these include Nogent-le-Rotrou at 29 km and Chartres at 33 km. Le pré Catelan is a listed remarkable garden at 12 km and Chateaudun is a listed recommended detour at 20 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Brou, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brou
See France This Way travel guides for Eure-et-Loir and Loire Valley (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brou.
Note that all distances from Brou shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brou holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Eure-et-Loir gites and villas
Markets near Brou
- Brou: market every Wednesday (0km)
- La Bazoche-Gouet: market every Saturday (16km)
- Bonneval: market every Monday (16km)
- Chateaudun: market every Thursday all day & Saturday (20km)
- Droue: market every Tuesday (20km)
- Cloyes-sur-le-Loir: market every Saturday (24km)
- Courville-sur-Eure: market every Thursday (27km)
- Nogent-le-Rotrou: market every Saturday all day (29km)
- Souday: market every Wednesday (29km)
- La Loupe: market every Tuesday (31km)
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Brou and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Brou map below.
Heritage Site Chartres Cathedral (36km)
National Monument Chateaudun (20km)
Recommended Detour Chateaudun (20km); Nogent-le-Rotrou (29km)
Regional Natural Parc Perche (35km)
Religious Monument Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (36km)
Remarkable Garden Le pré Catelan (12km); Jardin de la petite Rochelle (38km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Chartres (35km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Chartres (35km); Cogners (54km)
Map of places to visit near Brou & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brou
Canton: Brou
Arrondissement: Châteaudun
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28160
Distance to Brou
from Chartres (local prefecture): 36 km
from Paris: 113 km
from Calais: 309 km
from Nice: 688 km
from Bordeaux: 398 km
from Strasbourg: 487 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brou): Dampierre-sous-Brou, Fraze, Gohory, Mottereau, Unverre and Yevres.
Getting here
Eure-et-Loir is in the eastern-center of France. Most visitors fly into Paris CDG or Orly airport and hire a car. The drive from the channel ferry ports such as Caen or Le Havre takes around 3 hours. For driving distances to Brou from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brou