Chatres tourism and travel guide

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Visit Chatres: highlights and tourist information

Chatres is situated in the Seine-et-Marne department and Paris region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Chatres in Paris.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte at 18 km and Chateau de Champs-sur-Marne at 22 km.

Chatres, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte

Castle at 18 km (direction south-south-west)

The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte is one of the most important classical style castles in...

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Chateau de Champs-sur-Marne

Castle at 22 km (direction north-west)

The Chateau de Champs-sur-Marne is a beautifully restored 18th century chateau with extensive gardens...

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Meaux

at 28 km (direction north-north-east)

Meaux is visited because of its episcopal city, with a cathedral, chapter house and...

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Parc Floral de Paris

Garden at 30 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Parc Floral de Paris is a lovely park in the south-east of Paris....

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Chateau de Vincennes

Castle at 31 km (direction west-north-west), in the Val-de-Marne department

The Chateau de Vincennes has an interesting history as an important royal residence for...

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Fontainebleau

Castle at 34 km (direction south-south-west)

The extraordinary decoration of the numerous rooms and royal apartments at Fontainebleau, and the...

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Pere Lachaise Cemetery

at 35 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Pere Lachaise cemetery is a beautiful cemetery full of well-known figures from France...

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Coulée verte René-Dumont

at 36 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The coulée verte is an old railway line that has been transformed into a...

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Jardin des Plantes de Paris

Garden at 36 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Jardin des Plantes de Paris is a large garden and botanic garden and...

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Jardin Tino Rossi

Garden at 36 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Tino Rossi garden is both a pretty riverside walk and garden and also...

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Maison de Victor Hugo

Museum at 36 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Maison de Victor Hugo is a large apartment in the house where Victor...

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Greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes

Garden at 36 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes de Paris house tropical plants, cacti and...

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Place des Vosges

at 36 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Place des Vosges is an impressive square surrounded by 17th century townhouses...

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Hotel de Sully

at 36 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Hotel de Sully is an impressive 17th century mansion house with courtyard and...

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Reserve excursions near Chatres

Map of places to visit near Chatres

Markets in and near Chatres

• Ozoir-la-Ferriere: market Wednesday & Saturday (12km)
• Mormant: market Thursday (13km)
• Brie-Comte-Robert: market Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (15km)
• Pontault-Combault: market Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (18km)
• Crecy-la-Chapelle: market Thursday (18km)
• Moissy-Cramayel: market Saturday (18km)
• Combs-la-Ville: market Wednesday & Saturday (19km)
• Lagny-sur-Marne: market Wednesday & Sunday & Friday (20km)
• Le Plessis-Trevise: market Wednesday & Saturday (21km)
• Noisiel: market Sunday (21km)

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Tourist attractions near Chatres, France

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

Aquarium

• Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dor (33km)
• Centre de la mer et des eaux (37km)
• Cinéaqua (42km)

Heritage sites

• Fontainebleau Palace (35km)
• Seine Banks, Paris (37km)
• Paris tour St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (38km)

National Monuments

• Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (22km)
• Vincennes Chateau (31km)
• Pantheon (37km)
• Notre Dame cathedral (37km)
• Sainte-Chapelle (38km)
• Conciergerie (38km)
• Chapelle Expiatoire (40km)
• Basilica of Saint-Denis (41km)
• Arc de Triomphe (42km)
• Maison des Jardies (47km)
• Saint Cloud Parc (47km)

Other tourist attractions

• Place de la Bastille (36km)
• Jardin des Plantes (36km)
• Place des Vosges (36km)
• Parc de la Villette (37km)
• Hotel de Ville (town hall) (37km)
• Catacombs (38km)
• Pont-Neuf (38km)
• Saint-Eustache (38km)
• The Louvre (39km)
• Palais Royal (39km)
• Orsay Museum (39km)
• Jardin des Tuileries (39km)
• Place Vendome (39km)
• Paris Opera (39km)
• Montmartre (39km)
• Montmartre district (39km)
• Basilica de Sacre Coeur (39km)
• Rodin Museum (40km)
• Place de la Concorde (40km)
• Palais Bourbon (40km)
• Eglise de la Madeleine (40km)
• Hotel des Invalides (40km)
• Petit Palais (40km)
• Champs-Elysees (40km)
• Grand Palais (40km)
• Eiffel Tower (41km)
• Parc Monceau (41km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Moret-sur-Loing (37km)
• Provins (40km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Gatinais Francais (43km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) (25km)
• Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (33km)
• Eglises de Saint Loup (Saint-Loup-de-Naud) (35km)
• Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (37km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (39km)
• Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (39km)
• Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (39km)
• Collegiale Saint Quiriace (Provins) (39km)
• Basilique de Saint Denis (Saint-Denis) (41km)
• Abbaye Cistercienne de Royaumont (Asnieres-sur-Oise) (54km)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) (60km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (18km)
• Domaine national de Champs-sur-Marne (22km)
• Domaine national de Fontainebleau (35km)
• Parc du domaine de Sceaux (38km)
• Jardin du Palais-Royal (39km)
• Parc du château de Courances (39km)
• Maison de Chateaubriand (41km)
• Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (47km)
• Jardins de Viels-Maisons (48km)
• Parc de Chamarande (49km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Murs à pêches (31km)

Amusement park / theme park

• Disneyland Paris (18km)

Towns of Art and history

• Noisiel (21km)
• Meaux (28km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Melun (22km)
• Le Mee-sur-Seine (23km)
• Creteil (26km)
• Gagny (28km)
• Maisons-Alfort (30km)
• Livry-Gargan (31km)
• Aulnay-sous-Bois (34km)
• Le Plessis-Robinson (41km)
• Levallois-Perret (44km)
• Meudon (44km)
• Courbevoie (46km)
• Soisy-sous-Montmorency (48km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc des félins (big cats) (11km)
• Parc zoologique de Vincennes (32km)
• Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes (36km)
• Jardin d'acclimatation (Paris) (44km)

Geography and distances

Chatres is in the Paris region of France at 22 kilometres from Melun, the department capital (general information: Chatres is 37 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Chatres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 12 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Chaumes-en-Brie, Courquetaine, Favieres, Fontenay-Tresigny, Gretz-Armainvilliers, La Houssaye-en-Brie, Les ChapelLes Bourbon, Liverdy-en-Brie, Marles-en-Brie, Ozouer-le-Voulgis, Presles-en-Brie and Tournan-en-Brie.

This page in French: Visiter Chatres