Douy travel guide
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Visit Douy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Douy is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 48 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Douy is 121 km from Paris and 327 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Vendome at 31 km from Douy
Popular places to visit near Douy: these include Vendome at 31 km and Beaugency at 39 km.
Chateaudun is a listed 'recommended detour' at 7km and Le pré Catelan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 29km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Douy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Douy
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 Douy.
Note that all distances from Douy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Douy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Douy (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 Douy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le pré Catelan (29km) : Jardin du château de Talcy (32km) : Les prés-Culand (39km) : Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (43km) : Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (49km) :
- National Monuments: Talcy Chateau (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavardin (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (47km) : Chartres (48km) : Moutiers (48km) : Cogners (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Vendome (30km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (7km) : Beaugency (39km) : Nogent-le-Rotrou (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Douy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Douy
Canton: Cloyes-sur-le-Loir
Arrondissement: Châteaudun
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28220
Distance to Douy
from Chartres: 48 km
from Paris: 121 km
from Calais: 327 km
from Nice: 669 km
from Bordeaux: 383 km
from Strasbourg: 483 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Douy): Autheuil, Chateaudun, Cloyes-sur-le-Loir, La Chapelle-du-Noyer, Lanneray, Montigny-le-Gannelon, Romilly-sur-Aigre, Saint-Denis-les-Ponts and Saint-Hilaire-sur-Yerre.
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 Douy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Douy