Fontenay-sur-Eure travel guide
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Visit Fontenay-sur-Eure: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontenay-sur-Eure is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 8 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Fontenay-sur-Eure is 86 km from Paris and 286 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres at 6 km from Fontenay-sur-Eure
Popular places to visit near Fontenay-sur-Eure: these include Chartres at 6 km and Chartres Cathedral at 8 km.
Chartres is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km and Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. 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 Fontenay-sur-Eure, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenay-sur-Eure
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 Fontenay-sur-Eure.
Note that all distances from Fontenay-sur-Eure shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenay-sur-Eure holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontenay-sur-Eure (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 Fontenay-sur-Eure and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le pré Catelan (16km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (41km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (47km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (42km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (8km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (8km) : Moutiers (29km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (8km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (36km) : Nogent-le-Rotrou (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontenay-sur-Eure & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenay-sur-Eure
Canton: Chartres-Sud-Ouest
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28630
Distance to Fontenay-sur-Eure
from Chartres: 8 km
from Paris: 86 km
from Calais: 286 km
from Nice: 690 km
from Bordeaux: 424 km
from Strasbourg: 467 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenay-sur-Eure): Amilly, Bailleau-le-Pin, Barjouville, Chartres, Chartres Cathedral, Chauffours, Cintray, Luce, Luisant, Mainvilliers, Meslay-le-Grenet, Mignieres, Nogent-sur-Eure, Saint-Georges-sur-Eure, Sandarville, Thivars and Ver-les-Chartres.
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 Fontenay-sur-Eure from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenay-sur-Eure