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Epernon travel guide

Visit Epernon: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Epernon is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 23 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Epernon is 56 km from Paris and 261 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres Cathedral at 23 km from Epernon

Popular places to visit near Epernon: these include Chartres Cathedral at 23 km and Chartres at 25 km.

Domaine national de Rambouillet is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Rambouillet is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Epernon, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Epernon

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 Epernon.

Note that all distances from Epernon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Epernon and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine national de Rambouillet (11km) : Parc du château de Groussay (22km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (26km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (30km) : Parc de Courson (34km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (36km) : Parc de Versailles (39km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (39km) : Parc de Chamarande (41km) : Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (45km) :
2. National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (12km) : Villa Savoye (43km) : Maison des Jardies (45km) : Saint Cloud Parc (46km) :
3. Religious monuments: Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (21km) : Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (23km) : Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (33km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (37km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (40km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (43km) :
4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (23km) : Moutiers (35km) : Velizy-Villacoublay (42km) : Le Vesinet (46km) : Rueil-Malmaison (47km) : Meudon (47km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (47km) :
5. Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (23km) : Versailles Palace (40km) :
6. Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (11km) : Etampes (40km) :

Map of places to visit near Epernon & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Épernon

Canton: Maintenon

Arrondissement: Chartres

Department: Eure-et-Loir

Region: Loire Valley

Postcode: 28230

Distance to Epernon

from Chartres: 23 km

from Paris: 56 km

from Calais: 261 km

from Nice: 694 km

from Bordeaux: 453 km

from Strasbourg: 446 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Epernon): Droue-sur-Drouette, Emance, Gas, Hanches, Hermeray, Houx, Raizeux, Saint-Hilarion, Saint-Lucien, Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles and Yermenonville.

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 Epernon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Epernon