Chartres travel guide
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Visit Chartres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Chartres is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Eure-et-Loir department. (General information: Chartres is 78 km from Paris and 280 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Chartres
Popular places to visit near Chartres: these include Chartres at 3 km and at km.
Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Le pré Catelan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 24km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Chartres: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Chartres has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Chartres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chartres
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 Chartres.
Note that all distances from Chartres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chartres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Chartres (from booking.com 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
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 Chartres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le pré Catelan (24km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (33km) : Parc du château de Groussay (45km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (47km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (1km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (42km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Moutiers (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Chartres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chartres
Canton: Chartres
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28000
Distance to Chartres
from Chartres: 0 km
from Paris: 78 km
from Calais: 280 km
from Nice: 690 km
from Bordeaux: 431 km
from Strasbourg: 461 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chartres): Barjouville, Champhol, Chartres Cathedral, Fontenay-sur-Eure, Gasville-Oiseme, Gellainville, Le Coudray, Leves, Luce, Luisant, Mainvilliers, Morancez and Saint-Prest.
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 Chartres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chartres