Maintenon tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Chartres Cathedral at 18 km from Maintenon
Visit Maintenon: highlights and tourist information
To Visit Attractions Book a visitMaintenon 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 Maintenon in Centre-Loire Valley.
Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres Cathedral at 18 km and Chateau de Rambouillet at 18 km.
Maintenon, France: places to visit and attractions
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Chartres Cathedral
Cathedral at 18 km (direction south-west)The 13th century cathedral in Chartres is generally considered to be one...
See Chartres Cathedral guide

Chateau de Rambouillet
Castle at 18 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
at 20 km (direction south-south-west)Although most famous for its cathedral, you will also find plenty to...
See Chartres guide

Versailles Palace
Castle at 46 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yvelines departmentA short distance outside central Paris, the Palais de Versailles is an...
See Versailles Palace guide

Evreux
at 57 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 Maintenon
Markets in and near Maintenon
Market days in Maintenon: weekly market: Thursday;
- Maintenon: market Thursday (0km)
- Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (7km)
- Chartres: market Saturday (18km)
- Auneau: market Friday (20km)
- Luce: market Sunday (20km)
- Houdan: market Friday (22km)
- Dreux: market Wednesday & Sunday & Monday all day & Friday (22km)
- Courville-sur-Eure: market Thursday (30km)
- Dourdan: market Wednesday & Saturday (32km)
- Maurepas: market Wednesday & Saturday (33km)
More information about Maintenon, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Maintenon, France
What to do at Maintenon? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Maintenon.
Heritage sites
- Chartres Cathedral (18km)
- Versailles Palace (47km)
National Monuments
- Rambouillet Chateau (19km)
- Villa Savoye (49km)
- Chateau de Maisons (57km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (30km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (18km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (28km)
- Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (40km)
- Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (42km)
- Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (45km)
- Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (46km)
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (46km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (46km)
- Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (48km)
- Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (49km)
- Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (50km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (51km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (54km)
- Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (58km)
Remarkable gardens
- Domaine national de Rambouillet (18km)
- Parc du château de Groussay (27km)
- Parc du château de Breteuil (34km)
- Parc du château de Thoiry (34km)
- Le pré Catelan (41km)
- Parc de Courson (41km)
- Parc du château de Beauregard (43km)
- Parc de Versailles (46km)
- Potager du roi, Versailles (46km)
- Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (51km)
- Domaine de la Malmaison (53km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Chartres (18km)
- Versailles (46km)
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye (51km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Château de Sauvage (12km)
- Forêt de Rambouillet (24km)
- Vaux de Cernay (28km)
- Vallée de Chevreuse (35km)
Towns of Art and history
- Rambouillet (19km)
- Etampes (46km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Moutiers (36km)
- Velizy-Villacoublay (49km)
- Le Vesinet (53km)
- Rueil-Malmaison (54km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Parc zoologique de Thoiry (34km)
Geography and distances
Maintenon is in the eastern-center of France at 17 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Maintenon is 63 kilometres from Paris).
Geographical Information
Commune: Maintenon
Canton: Maintenon
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
New region: Centre-Loire Valley
Postcode: 28130
Distance to Maintenon
from Chartres (prefecture): 17 km
from Paris: 63 km
from Calais: 263 km
from Nice: 698 km
from Bordeaux: 449 km
from Strasbourg: 453 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 Maintenon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 11 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Bouglainval, Chartainvilliers, Hanches, Houx, Mevoisins, Neron, Pierres, Saint-Martin-de-Nigelles, Saint-Piat, Villiers-le-Morhier and Yermenonville.
This page in French: Visiter Maintenon