Luce tourism and travel guide
Visit Luce: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsLuce 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 3 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Luce is 81 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres at 3 km and Chartres Cathedral at 3 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Luce, 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 Luce 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 Luce
Markets in and near Luce
Market days in Luce: weekly market: Sunday;
- Luce: market Sunday (0km)
- Chartres: market Saturday (3km)
- Courville-sur-Eure: market Thursday (16km)
- Maintenon: market Thursday (20km)
- Voves: market Tuesday (22km)
- Auneau: market Friday (23km)
- Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (24km)
- Bonneval: market Monday (29km)
- Brou: market Wednesday (33km)
- La Loupe: market Tuesday (33km)
More information about Luce, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Luce, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Luce.
Heritage sites
- Chartres Cathedral (3km)
National Monuments
- Rambouillet Chateau (36km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Chateaudun (41km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (47km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (3km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (45km)
Remarkable gardens
- Le pré Catelan (21km)
- Domaine national de Rambouillet (35km)
- Parc du château de Groussay (47km)
- Parc du château de Breteuil (50km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Chartres (3km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Château de Sauvage (27km)
- Forêt de Rambouillet (39km)
- Vaux de Cernay (45km)
- Vallée de Chevreuse (52km)
Towns of Art and history
- Rambouillet (36km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Moutiers (28km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Luce
Canton: Lucé
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
New region: Centre-Loire Valley
Postcode: 28110
Distance to Luce
from Chartres (prefecture): 3 km
from Paris: 81 km
from Calais: 281 km
from Nice: 691 km
from Bordeaux: 429 km
from Strasbourg: 464 km
Getting here
Luce 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 Luce from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amilly, Barjouville, Champhol, Chartres, Chartres Cathedral, Fontenay-sur-Eure, Gellainville, Le Coudray, Leves, Luisant, Mainvilliers, Morancez, Thivars and Ver-les-Chartres.
This page in French: Visiter Luce
