Challet tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Chartres Cathedral at 13 km from Challet

Visit Challet: highlights and tourist information

Challet is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department and Centre-Loire Valley region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Challet in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres Cathedral at 13 km and Chartres at 16 km.

Challet, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chartres Cathedral

Cathedral at 13 km (direction south-south-east)

The 13th century cathedral in Chartres is generally considered to be one...

See Chartres Cathedral guide

Chartres

at 16 km (direction south-south-east)

Although most famous for its cathedral, you will also find plenty to...

See Chartres guide

Chateau de Rambouillet

Castle at 30 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yvelines department

Once a Royal castle, the Chateau de Rambouillet is now the summer...

See Chateau de Rambouillet guide

Le Perche

at 50 km (direction west-south-west), in the Orne department

The peaceful countryside of the Perche Natural Regional Park has lots of...

See Le Perche guide

Nogent-le-Rotrou

at 52 km (direction west-south-west)

Within the Perche Regional Natural Park, in Nogent-le-Rotrou you can discover the...

See Nogent-le-Rotrou guide

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

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Map of places to visit near Challet

Markets in and near Challet

• Maintenon: market Thursday (12km)
• Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (13km)
• Chartres: market Saturday (13km)
• Luce: market Sunday (14km)
• Courville-sur-Eure: market Thursday (18km)
• Dreux: market Wednesday & Sunday & Monday all day & Friday (21km)
• Auneau: market Friday (27km)
• Houdan: market Friday (29km)
• Senonches: market Friday (29km)
• Nonancourt: market Wednesday (30km)

More information about Challet, Loire Valley

Tourist attractions near Challet, France

What to do at Challet? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Challet.

Heritage sites

• Chartres Cathedral (13km)

National Monuments

• Rambouillet Chateau (31km)
• Villa Savoye (60km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Nogent-le-Rotrou (52km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (42km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (13km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (40km)
• Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (53km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (57km)
• Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (61km)

Remarkable gardens

• Domaine national de Rambouillet (30km)
• Le pré Catelan (31km)
• Parc du château de Groussay (38km)
• Parc du château de Thoiry (44km)
• Parc du château de Breteuil (46km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chartres (13km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Château de Sauvage (23km)
• Forêt de Rambouillet (35km)
• Vaux de Cernay (40km)
• Vallée de Chevreuse (47km)

Towns of Art and history

• Rambouillet (30km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Moutiers (38km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Thoiry (44km)

Geography and distances

Challet is in the eastern-center of France at 12 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Challet is 75 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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

We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bercheres-Saint-Germain, Bouglainval, Briconville, Clevilliers, Dangers, Fresnay-le-Gilmert, Poisvilliers, Serazereux and Tremblay-les-Villages.

This page in French: Visiter Challet

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