Fresnay-le-Gilmert tourism and travel guide
Visit Fresnay-le-Gilmert: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsFresnay-le-Gilmert 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 8 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Fresnay-le-Gilmert is 78 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres Cathedral at 9 km and Chartres at 11 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Fresnay-le-Gilmert, 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 Fresnay-le-Gilmert 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 Fresnay-le-Gilmert
Markets in and near Fresnay-le-Gilmert
- Luce: market Sunday (9km)
- Chartres: market Saturday (9km)
- Maintenon: market Thursday (15km)
- Courville-sur-Eure: market Thursday (15km)
- Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (17km)
- Dreux: market Wednesday & Sunday & Monday all day & Friday (25km)
- Auneau: market Friday (26km)
- Senonches: market Friday (29km)
- La Loupe: market Tuesday (30km)
- Voves: market Tuesday (31km)
More information about Fresnay-le-Gilmert, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Fresnay-le-Gilmert, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Fresnay-le-Gilmert.
Heritage sites
- Chartres Cathedral (9km)
National Monuments
- Rambouillet Chateau (33km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Nogent-le-Rotrou (49km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (45km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (9km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (42km)
- Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (57km)
Remarkable gardens
- Le pré Catelan (27km)
- Domaine national de Rambouillet (33km)
- Parc du château de Groussay (42km)
- Parc du château de Thoiry (48km)
- Parc du château de Breteuil (48km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Chartres (9km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Château de Sauvage (25km)
- Forêt de Rambouillet (38km)
- Vaux de Cernay (42km)
- Vallée de Chevreuse (50km)
Towns of Art and history
- Rambouillet (33km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Moutiers (36km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Thoiry (48km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Fresnay-le-Gilmert
Canton: Chartres-Nord-Est
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28300
Distance to Fresnay-le-Gilmert
from Chartres (prefecture): 8 km
from Paris: 78 km
from Calais: 273 km
from Nice: 699 km
from Bordeaux: 436 km
from Strasbourg: 466 km
Getting here
Fresnay-le-Gilmert 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 Fresnay-le-Gilmert from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 9 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bailleau-l'Eveque, Bercheres-Saint-Germain, Briconville, Challet, Clevilliers, Dangers, Leves, Poisvilliers and Saint-Aubin-Des-Bois.
This page in French: Visiter Fresnay-le-Gilmert
