Fains-la-Folie travel guide
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Visit Fains-la-Folie: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fains-la-Folie is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 27 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Fains-la-Folie is 88 km from Paris and 303 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres at 24 km from Fains-la-Folie
Popular places to visit near Fains-la-Folie: these include Chartres at 24 km and Chartres Cathedral at 27 km.
Moutiers is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 13km and Chartres is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 27km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Fains-la-Folie: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fains-la-Folie, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fains-la-Folie
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 Fains-la-Folie.
Note that all distances from Fains-la-Folie shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fains-la-Folie holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fains-la-Folie (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 Fains-la-Folie and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le pré Catelan (30km) : Les prés-Culand (44km) : Parc Floral de la Source (47km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (49km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (27km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (45km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Moutiers (13km) : Chartres (27km) : Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle (39km) : Fleury-les-Aubrais (39km) : Olivet (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Orleans (41km) : Etampes (46km) : Rambouillet (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Fains-la-Folie & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fains-la-Folie
Canton: Voves
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28150
Distance to Fains-la-Folie
from Chartres: 27 km
from Paris: 88 km
from Calais: 303 km
from Nice: 665 km
from Bordeaux: 413 km
from Strasbourg: 453 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fains-la-Folie): Baignolet, Prasville, Rouvray-Saint-Florentin, Sancheville, Viabon, Villeau and Voves.
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 Fains-la-Folie from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fains-la-Folie