Houville-la-Branche travel guide
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Visit Houville-la-Branche: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Houville-la-Branche is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 11 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Houville-la-Branche is 69 km from Paris and 279 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres Cathedral at 12 km from Houville-la-Branche
Popular places to visit near Houville-la-Branche: these include Chartres Cathedral at 12 km and Chartres at 12 km.
Chartres is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km and Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 11km. 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 Houville-la-Branche, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Houville-la-Branche
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 Houville-la-Branche.
Note that all distances from Houville-la-Branche shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Houville-la-Branche holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Houville-la-Branche (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 Houville-la-Branche and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine national de Rambouillet (26km) : Le pré Catelan (33km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (39km) : Parc du château de Groussay (40km) : Parc de Courson (41km) : Parc de Chamarande (43km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (45km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (48km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (11km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (34km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (37km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (38km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (39km) : Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (11km) : Moutiers (19km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (11km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (26km) : Etampes (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Houville-la-Branche & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Houville-la-Branche
Canton: Auneau
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28700
Distance to Houville-la-Branche
from Chartres: 11 km
from Paris: 69 km
from Calais: 279 km
from Nice: 683 km
from Bordeaux: 435 km
from Strasbourg: 450 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 Houville-la-Branche): Beville-le-Comte, Champseru, Coltainville, Francourville, Gasville-Oiseme, Nogent-le-Phaye, Sours, Umpeau and Voise.
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 Houville-la-Branche from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Houville-la-Branche