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Visit Houx: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Houx is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 17 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Houx is 63 km from Paris and 266 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres Cathedral at 17 km from Houx
Popular places to visit near Houx: these include Chartres Cathedral at 17 km and Chartres at 19 km.
Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 16km and Chartres Cathedral is a listed 'heritage site' at 16km. 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 Houx, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Houx
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 Houx.
Note that all distances from Houx shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Houx holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Houx (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 Houx and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine national de Rambouillet (17km) : Parc du château de Groussay (28km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (32km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (36km) : Parc de Courson (39km) : Le pré Catelan (40km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (42km) : Parc de Versailles (45km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (45km) : Parc de Chamarande (45km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (18km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (16km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (27km) : Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (39km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (41km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (43km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (47km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (49km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (17km) : Moutiers (32km) : Velizy-Villacoublay (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (16km) : Versailles Palace (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (18km) : Etampes (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Houx & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Houx
Canton: Maintenon
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28130
Distance to Houx
from Chartres: 17 km
from Paris: 63 km
from Calais: 266 km
from Nice: 694 km
from Bordeaux: 447 km
from Strasbourg: 451 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Houx): Bailleau-Armenonville, Chartainvilliers, Droue-sur-Drouette, Epernon, Gallardon, Gas, Hanches, Jouy, Maintenon, Mevoisins, Pierres, Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles, Saint-Piat, Soulaires 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 Houx from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Houx