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Visit Sours: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sours 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: Sours is 74 km from Paris and 283 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chartres at 8 km from Sours
Popular places to visit near Sours: these include Chartres at 8 km and Chartres Cathedral at 9 km.
Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km and Chartres Cathedral is a listed 'heritage site' 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 Sours, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sours
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 Sours.
Note that all distances from Sours shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sours holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sours (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 Sours and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le pré Catelan (29km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (31km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (43km) : Parc du château de Groussay (44km) : Parc de Courson (45km) : Parc de Chamarande (47km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (31km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (9km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (39km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (40km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Chartres (9km) : Moutiers (18km) :
- Heritage Sites: Chartres Cathedral (9km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (31km) : Etampes (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Sours & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sours
Canton: Chartres-Sud-Est
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28630
Distance to Sours
from Chartres: 9 km
from Paris: 74 km
from Calais: 283 km
from Nice: 682 km
from Bordeaux: 431 km
from Strasbourg: 453 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sours): Bercheres-les-Pierres, Francourville, Gellainville, Houville-la-Branche, Nogent-le-Phaye and Prunay-le-Gillon.
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 Sours from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sours