Hanches tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Chateau de Rambouillet at 14 km from Hanches
Visit Hanches: highlights and tourist information
To Visit Attractions Book a visitHanches 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 Hanches in Centre-Loire Valley.
Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Rambouillet at 14 km and Chartres Cathedral at 21 km.
Hanches, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Chateau de Rambouillet
Castle at 14 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yvelines departmentOnce a Royal castle, the Chateau de Rambouillet is now the summer...
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Chartres Cathedral
Cathedral at 21 km (direction south-west)The 13th century cathedral in Chartres is generally considered to be one...
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Chartres
at 23 km (direction south-west)Although most famous for its cathedral, you will also find plenty to...
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Versailles Palace
Castle at 42 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yvelines departmentA short distance outside central Paris, the Palais de Versailles is an...
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Eiffel Tower
at 56 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris departmentBuilt in the late 19th century as a temporary monument, it is...
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Arc de Triomphe
National Monument at 57 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris departmentThe Arc de Triomphe is the second largest triumphal arch in the...
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Champs-Elysees
at 57 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris departmentThe Champs-Elsées, often called the most beautiful avenue in the world, is...
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Musee de l'Orangerie
Museum at 58 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris departmentThe Musee de l'Orangerie in Paris is best known for its eight...
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Evreux
at 59 km (direction north-west), in the Eure departmentIn Evreux it is the two religious monuments - the cathedral and...
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Map of places to visit near Hanches
Markets in and near Hanches
- Maintenon: market Thursday (4km)
- Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (10km)
- Auneau: market Friday (18km)
- Chartres: market Saturday (21km)
- Houdan: market Friday (21km)
- Luce: market Sunday (23km)
- Dreux: market Wednesday & Sunday & Monday all day & Friday (25km)
- Dourdan: market Wednesday & Saturday (28km)
- Maurepas: market Wednesday & Saturday (29km)
- Beynes: market Thursday (33km)
More information about Hanches, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Hanches, France
What to do at Hanches? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Hanches.
Heritage sites
- Chartres Cathedral (21km)
- Versailles Palace (43km)
National Monuments
- Rambouillet Chateau (15km)
- Villa Savoye (46km)
- Maison des Jardies (48km)
- Saint Cloud Parc (48km)
- Chateau de Maisons (54km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (26km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (20km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (23km)
- Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (35km)
- Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (39km)
- Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (41km)
- Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (42km)
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (43km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (43km)
- Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (45km)
- Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (45km)
- Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (47km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (47km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (50km)
- Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (55km)
Remarkable gardens
- Domaine national de Rambouillet (14km)
- Parc du château de Groussay (24km)
- Parc du château de Breteuil (29km)
- Parc du château de Thoiry (31km)
- Parc de Courson (37km)
- Parc du château de Beauregard (39km)
- Potager du roi, Versailles (42km)
- Parc de Versailles (42km)
- Parc de Chamarande (44km)
- Le pré Catelan (44km)
- Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (47km)
- Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (48km)
- Domaine de la Malmaison (49km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Chartres (21km)
- Versailles (42km)
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye (47km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Château de Sauvage (7km)
- Forêt de Rambouillet (19km)
- Vaux de Cernay (23km)
- Vallée de Chevreuse (31km)
Towns of Art and history
- Rambouillet (14km)
- Etampes (43km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Moutiers (35km)
- Velizy-Villacoublay (45km)
- Le Vesinet (49km)
- Meudon (50km)
- Rueil-Malmaison (50km)
- Courbevoie (56km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Thoiry (31km)
Geography and distances
Hanches is in the eastern-center of France at 20 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Hanches is 59 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Hanches
Canton: Maintenon
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
New region: Centre-Loire Valley
Postcode: 28130
Distance to Hanches
from Chartres (prefecture): 20 km
from Paris: 59 km
from Calais: 262 km
from Nice: 696 km
from Bordeaux: 451 km
from Strasbourg: 449 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 Hanches from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 13 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Droue-sur-Drouette, Epernon, Gas, Hermeray, Houx, Maintenon, Mevoisins, Pierres, Raizeux, Saint-Lucien, Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles, Saint-Piat and Yermenonville.
This page in French: Visiter Hanches