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Visit Luray: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Luray is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Loire Valley region) in the eastern-center of France at 32 km from Chartres, the department capital. (General information: Luray is 71 km from Paris and 250 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres Cathedral at 31 km from Luray
Popular places to visit near Luray: these include Chartres Cathedral at 31 km and Chartres at 34 km.
Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 31km and Chartres Cathedral is a listed 'heritage site' at 31km. 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 Luray, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Luray
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 Luray.
Note that all distances from Luray shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Luray holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Luray (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 Luray and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Groussay (32km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (32km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (33km) : Les jardins du château de Miserey (35km) : Jardin de Claude Monet (41km) : Jardin du musée d’art américain (41km) : Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (43km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (46km) : Le pré Catelan (48km) : Domaine de Villarceaux (49km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (33km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Roche-Guyon (44km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (31km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (40km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (32km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Luray & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Luray
Canton: Dreux-Est
Arrondissement: Dreux
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28500
Distance to Luray
from Chartres: 32 km
from Paris: 71 km
from Calais: 250 km
from Nice: 717 km
from Bordeaux: 457 km
from Strasbourg: 467 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Luray): Charpont, Cherisy, Dreux, Ecluzelles, Garnay, Mezieres-en-Drouais, Ouerre, Sainte-Gemme-Moronval, Treon, Vernouillet and Villemeux-sur-Eure.
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 Luray from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Luray