Leves travel guide
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Visit Leves: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Leves is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 3 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Leves is 77 km from Paris and 277 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres Cathedral at 3 km from Leves
Popular places to visit near Leves: these include Chartres Cathedral at 3 km and Chartres at 6 km.
Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km and Chartres Cathedral is a listed 'heritage site' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Leves: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Leves, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Leves
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 Leves.
Note that all distances from Leves shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Leves holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Leves (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 Leves and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le pré Catelan (26km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (31km) : Parc du château de Groussay (42km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (46km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (49km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (3km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (41km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (3km) : Moutiers (29km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (3km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (32km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Leves & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Lèves
Canton: Mainvilliers
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28300
Distance to Leves
from Chartres: 3 km
from Paris: 77 km
from Calais: 277 km
from Nice: 693 km
from Bordeaux: 433 km
from Strasbourg: 462 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Leves): Champhol, Chartres, Chartres Cathedral, Fresnay-le-Gilmert, Gasville-Oiseme, Jouy, Le Coudray, Luce, Luisant, Mainvilliers, Poisvilliers and Saint-Prest.
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 Leves from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Leves