Gellainville tourism and travel guide

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Gellainville 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 6 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Gellainville is 78 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres at 3 km and Chartres Cathedral at 5 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Gellainville, 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 Gellainville 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 Gellainville

Markets in and near Gellainville

• Chartres: market Saturday (5km)
• Luce: market Sunday (6km)
• Voves: market Tuesday (17km)
• Auneau: market Friday (19km)
• Maintenon: market Thursday (21km)
• Courville-sur-Eure: market Thursday (22km)
• Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (27km)
• Bonneval: market Monday (27km)
• Brou: market Wednesday (35km)
• Angerville: market Tuesday (36km)

More information about Gellainville, Loire Valley

Tourist attractions near Gellainville, France

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

Heritage sites

• Chartres Cathedral (5km)
• Versailles Palace (63km)

National Monuments

• Rambouillet Chateau (34km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Chateaudun (40km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (44km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (6km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (43km)
• Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (45km)
• Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (54km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le pré Catelan (24km)
• Domaine national de Rambouillet (34km)
• Parc du château de Groussay (47km)
• Parc du château de Breteuil (47km)
• Potager du roi, Versailles (62km)
• Parc de Versailles (62km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chartres (5km)
• Versailles (62km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Château de Sauvage (25km)
• Forêt de Rambouillet (37km)
• Vaux de Cernay (43km)
• Vallée de Chevreuse (49km)

Towns of Art and history

• Rambouillet (34km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Moutiers (22km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

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

We have 13 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Barjouville, Bercheres-les-Pierres, Chartres, Chartres Cathedral, Corancez, Le Coudray, Luce, Luisant, Mainvilliers, Morancez, Nogent-le-Phaye, Sours and Ver-les-Chartres.

This page in French: Visiter Gellainville