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Auneau tourism and travel guide

Visit Auneau: highlights and tourist information

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Auneau is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department and Loire Valley region (now part of the Centre-Loire Valley region), in the eastern-center of France at 21 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Auneau is 61 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres Cathedral at 21 km and Chartres at 21 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

You can also Book Chartres hotels

Auneau, France: places to visit and attractions

Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Auneau in Centre-Loire Valley.

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Eure-et-Loir

Map of places to visit near Auneau

Markets in and near Auneau

Market days in Auneau: weekly market: Friday;

• Auneau: market Friday (0km)
• Dourdan: market Wednesday & Saturday (19km)
• Maintenon: market Thursday (20km)
• Chartres: market Saturday (21km)
• Luce: market Sunday (23km)
• Voves: market Tuesday (24km)
• Angerville: market Tuesday (24km)
• Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (27km)
• Etampes: market Tuesday & Saturday all day (29km)
• Toury: market Sunday (32km)

More information about Auneau, Loire Valley

Tourist attractions near Auneau, France

Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Auneau.

Aquarium

• Cinéaqua (59km)
• Centre de la mer et des eaux (60km)

Heritage sites

• Chartres Cathedral (21km)
• Versailles Palace (47km)
• Seine Banks, Paris (61km)
• Paris tour St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (61km)

National Monuments

• Rambouillet Chateau (21km)
• Maison des Jardies (51km)
• Saint Cloud Parc (52km)
• Pantheon (60km)
• Sainte-Chapelle (61km)
• Conciergerie (61km)
• Notre Dame cathedral (61km)

Other tourist attractions

• Catacombs (58km)
• Eiffel Tower (58km)
• Rodin Museum (59km)
• Hotel des Invalides (59km)
• Palais Bourbon (60km)
• Grand Palais (60km)
• Petit Palais (60km)
• Champs-Elysees (60km)
• Orsay Museum (60km)
• Place de la Concorde (60km)
• Jardin des Tuileries (60km)
• Jardin des Plantes (61km)
• Pont-Neuf (61km)
• The Louvre (61km)
• Place Vendome (61km)
• Palais Royal (61km)
• Hotel de Ville (town hall) (61km)
• Saint-Eustache (61km)
• Place de la Bastille (62km)
• Place des Vosges (62km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Chateaudun (54km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (28km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (21km)
• Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (27km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (28km)
• Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (29km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (29km)
• Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (37km)
• Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (51km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (52km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (60km)
• Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (61km)
• Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (61km)
• Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (61km)

Remarkable gardens

• Domaine national de Rambouillet (21km)
• Parc du château de Breteuil (31km)
• Parc de Courson (32km)
• Parc de Chamarande (34km)
• Parc du château de Groussay (35km)
• Parc du château de Beauregard (36km)
• Le pré Catelan (43km)
• Parc du château de Thoiry (45km)
• Parc de Versailles (46km)
• Potager du roi, Versailles (46km)
• Maison de Chateaubriand (50km)
• Parc du domaine de Sceaux (52km)
• Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (52km)
• Jardin du Palais-Royal (61km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chartres (21km)
• Versailles (46km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Château de Sauvage (14km)
• Forêt de Rambouillet (21km)
• Vaux de Cernay (27km)
• Vallée de Chevreuse (33km)

Towns of Art and history

• Rambouillet (21km)
• Etampes (29km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Moutiers (18km)
• Velizy-Villacoublay (47km)
• Le Plessis-Robinson (50km)
• Meudon (52km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Thoiry (45km)
• Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes (61km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Auneau 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 Auneau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aunay-sous-Auneau, Beville-le-Comte, Chapelle-d'Aunainville, Le Gue-de-Longroi, Levainville, Oinville-sous-Auneau, Orsonville, Roinville, Saint-Leger-Des-Aubees, Saint-Symphorien-le-Chateau and Ymeray.

This page in French: Visiter Auneau