Laons travel guide
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Visit Laons: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Laons is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 37 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Laons is 87 km from Paris and 254 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Evreux at 35 km from Laons
Popular places to visit near Laons: these include Evreux at 35 km and Chartres Cathedral at 37 km.
Les jardins du château de Miserey is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 36km and Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 36km. 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 Laons, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Laons
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 Laons.
Note that all distances from Laons shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Laons holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Laons (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 Laons and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Les jardins du château de Miserey (36km) : Jardin de la petite Rochelle (43km) : Le pré Catelan (45km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (47km) : Parc du château de Groussay (48km) : Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (49km) : Jardin de Claude Monet (49km) : Jardin du musée d’art américain (49km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (49km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (36km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (37km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (36km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Laons & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Laons
Canton: Brezolles
Arrondissement: Dreux
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28270
Distance to Laons
from Chartres: 37 km
from Paris: 87 km
from Calais: 254 km
from Nice: 727 km
from Bordeaux: 450 km
from Strasbourg: 483 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Laons): Chataincourt, Escorpain, Fontaine-les-Ribouts and Prudemanche.
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 Laons from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Laons