Jouy travel guide
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Visit Jouy: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Jouy is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 9 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Jouy is 70 km from Paris and 272 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres Cathedral at 9 km from Jouy
Popular places to visit near Jouy: these include Chartres Cathedral at 9 km and Chartres at 11 km.
Chartres is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 9km and Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. 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 Jouy, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jouy
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 Jouy.
Note that all distances from Jouy shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jouy holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Jouy (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 Jouy and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine national de Rambouillet (25km) : Le pré Catelan (32km) : Parc du château de Groussay (36km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (39km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (43km) : Parc de Courson (45km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (48km) : Parc de Chamarande (49km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (9km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (34km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (44km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (46km) : Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (9km) : Moutiers (29km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (9km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (25km) : Etampes (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Jouy & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Jouy
Canton: Chartres-Nord-Est
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28300
Distance to Jouy
from Chartres: 9 km
from Paris: 70 km
from Calais: 272 km
from Nice: 692 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 456 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Jouy): Bercheres-Saint-Germain, Bouglainval, Champhol, Chartainvilliers, Coltainville, Gasville-Oiseme, Houx, Leves, Mevoisins, Saint-Piat, Saint-Prest, 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 Jouy from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jouy