Dreux travel guide
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Visit Dreux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dreux is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 34 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Dreux is 73 km from Paris and 249 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Dreux: these include Chartres Cathedral at 34 km and Evreux at 35 km.
Les jardins du château de Miserey is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 33km and Parc du château de Groussay is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 33km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Dreux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Dreux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dreux
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 Dreux.
Note that all distances from Dreux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dreux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dreux (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 Dreux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château de Miserey (33km) : Parc du château de Groussay (33km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (34km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (34km) : Jardin du musée d’art américain (40km) : Jardin de Claude Monet (40km) : Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (42km) : Domaine de Villarceaux (48km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (48km) : Le pré Catelan (49km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Roche-Guyon (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (33km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (42km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (33km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Dreux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dreux
Canton: Dreux
Arrondissement: Dreux
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28100
Distance to Dreux
from Chartres: 34 km
from Paris: 73 km
from Calais: 249 km
from Nice: 720 km
from Bordeaux: 458 km
from Strasbourg: 469 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dreux): Abondant, Allainville, Charpont, Cherisy, Ecluzelles, Garnay, Luray, Mesnil-sur-l'Estree, Mezieres-en-Drouais, Montreuil, Muzy, Sainte-Gemme-Moronval, Vernouillet and Vert-en-Drouais.
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 Dreux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dreux