Fontaine-les-Ribouts tourism and travel guide

Visit Fontaine-les-Ribouts: highlights and tourist information

Fontaine-les-Ribouts 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 Fontaine-les-Ribouts in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres Cathedral at 29 km and Chartres at 31 km.

Fontaine-les-Ribouts, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres Cathedral

Cathedral at 29 km (direction south-east)

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

See Chartres Cathedral guide
Chartres

Chartres

at 31 km (direction south-east)

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

See Chartres guide
Evreux

Evreux

at 41 km (direction north-north-west), in the Eure department

In Evreux it is the two religious monuments - the cathedral and the bishop's...

See Evreux guide
Chateau de Rambouillet

Chateau de Rambouillet

Castle at 41 km (direction east), in the Yvelines department

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

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Le Perche

Le Perche

at 44 km (direction west-south-west), in the Orne department

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

See Le Perche guide
Nogent-le-Rotrou

Nogent-le-Rotrou

at 49 km (direction south-west)

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

See Nogent-le-Rotrou guide
Giverny Gardens

Giverny Gardens

Garden at 51 km (direction north-north-east), in the Eure department

The most famous, most visited, and perhaps most attractive gardens in France, as painted...

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Vernon

Vernon

at 51 km (direction north-north-east), in the Eure department

Vernon has an attractive historic centre and sits on the banks of the River...

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La Roche-Guyon

La Roche-Guyon

Most Beautiful Village at 55 km (direction north-east), in the Val-d'Oise department

At La Roche-Guyon, a 'plus beau village de France', you can exlore a pretty...

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Chateau de Beaumesnil

Chateau de Beaumesnil

Castle at 56 km (direction west-north-west), in the Eure department

The Chateau de Beaumesnil is a baroque style castle surrounded by park and gardens...

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Map of places to visit near Fontaine-les-Ribouts

 
 

Markets in and near Fontaine-les-Ribouts

  • Dreux: market Wednesday & Sunday & Monday all day & Friday (13km)
  • Nonancourt: market Wednesday (14km)
  • Senonches: market Friday (19km)
  • Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (20km)
  • Courville-sur-Eure: market Thursday (23km)
  • Maintenon: market Thursday (25km)
  • Verneuil-sur-Avre: market Saturday (26km)
  • Ezy-sur-Eure: market Thursday & Sunday (26km)
  • La Loupe: market Tuesday (27km)
  • Damville: market Tuesday (27km)

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Tourist attractions near Fontaine-les-Ribouts, France

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

Heritage sites

National Monuments

  • Rambouillet Chateau (42km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

Regional Natural Parcs

Churches and religious monuments

Remarkable gardens

  • Le pré Catelan (39km)
  • Les jardins du château de Miserey (41km)
  • Domaine national de Rambouillet (41km)
  • Jardin de la petite Rochelle (43km)
  • Parc du château de Groussay (44km)
  • Parc du château de Thoiry (46km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

Sites of natural beauty

  • Château de Sauvage (37km)

Towns of Art and history

  • Rambouillet (42km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

  • Tourouvre (45km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

  • Moutiers (55km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

  • Parc zoologique de Thoiry (46km)
 
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Geography and distances

Fontaine-les-Ribouts is in the eastern-center of France at 28 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Fontaine-les-Ribouts is 83 kilometres from Paris).

Geographical Information

Commune: Fontaine-les-Ribouts

Canton: Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais

Arrondissement: Dreux

Department: Eure-et-Loir

Region: Loire Valley

New region: Centre-Loire Valley

Postcode: 28170

Distance to Fontaine-les-Ribouts

from Chartres (prefecture): 28 km

from Paris: 83 km

from Calais: 259 km

from Nice: 719 km

from Bordeaux: 447 km

from Strasbourg: 477 km

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 Fontaine-les-Ribouts from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aunay-sous-Crecy, Boullay-les-Deux-Eglises, Chataincourt, Crecy-Couve, Garancieres-en-Drouais, Laons, Saint-Ange-et-Torcay, Saint-Jean-de-Rebervilliers, Saulnieres and Treon.

This page in French: Visiter Fontaine-les-Ribouts

 
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