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Visit Pierres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pierres 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: Pierres is 64 km from Paris and 264 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres Cathedral at 17 km from Pierres
Popular places to visit near Pierres: 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 is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 17km. 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 Pierres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pierres
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 Pierres.
Note that all distances from Pierres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pierres holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pierres (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 Pierres and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine national de Rambouillet (19km) : Parc du château de Groussay (28km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (35km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (35km) : Le pré Catelan (40km) : Parc de Courson (42km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (44km) : Parc de Versailles (47km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (47km) : Parc de Chamarande (48km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (20km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (16km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (29km) : Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (41km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (43km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (45km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (46km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (17km) : Moutiers (35km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (17km) : Versailles Palace (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (20km) : Etampes (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Pierres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pierres
Canton: Maintenon
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28130
Distance to Pierres
from Chartres: 17 km
from Paris: 64 km
from Calais: 264 km
from Nice: 697 km
from Bordeaux: 448 km
from Strasbourg: 454 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 Pierres): Bailleau-Armenonville, Bouglainval, Chartainvilliers, Hanches, Houx, Maintenon, Mevoisins, Neron, Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles, Saint-Piat, Villiers-le-Morhier 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 Pierres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pierres