Mainvilliers tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Chartres Cathedral at 1 km from Mainvilliers

Visit Mainvilliers: highlights and tourist information

Mainvilliers is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department and Centre-Loire Valley region.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres Cathedral at 1 km and Chartres at 3 km. For more sites to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Mainvilliers, 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 Mainvilliers in Centre-Loire Valley.

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Chartres Cathedral

Cathedral at 1 km (direction east)

The 13th century cathedral in Chartres is generally considered to be one...

See Chartres Cathedral guide

Chartres

at 3 km (direction south-south-east)

Although most famous for its cathedral, you will also find plenty to...

See Chartres guide

Chateau de Rambouillet

Castle at 34 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yvelines department

Once a Royal castle, the Chateau de Rambouillet is now the summer...

See Chateau de Rambouillet guide

Chateaudun

National Monument at 43 km (direction south-south-west)

Both the castle and the town along the Loir River make Chateaudun...

See Chateaudun guide

Nogent-le-Rotrou

at 50 km (direction west)

Within the Perche Regional Natural Park, in Nogent-le-Rotrou you can discover the...

See Nogent-le-Rotrou guide

Le Perche

at 50 km (direction west), in the Orne department

The peaceful countryside of the Perche Natural Regional Park has lots of...

See Le Perche guide

Versailles Palace

Castle at 62 km (direction east-north-east), in the Yvelines department

A short distance outside central Paris, the Palais de Versailles is an...

See Versailles Palace guide

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Eure-et-Loir

Map of places to visit near Mainvilliers

Markets in and near Mainvilliers

• Chartres: market Saturday (1km)
• Luce: market Sunday (2km)
• Courville-sur-Eure: market Thursday (17km)
• Maintenon: market Thursday (18km)
• Auneau: market Friday (22km)
• Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (23km)
• Voves: market Tuesday (23km)
• Bonneval: market Monday (30km)
• Dreux: market Wednesday & Sunday & Monday all day & Friday (33km)
• La Loupe: market Tuesday (34km)

Hotels near Mainvilliers

More information about Mainvilliers, Loire Valley

Tourist attractions near Mainvilliers, France

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

Heritage sites

• Chartres Cathedral (1km)

National Monuments

• Rambouillet Chateau (34km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Chateaudun (43km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (45km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (1km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (43km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le pré Catelan (23km)
• Domaine national de Rambouillet (34km)
• Parc du château de Groussay (45km)
• Parc du château de Breteuil (48km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chartres (1km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Château de Sauvage (25km)
• Forêt de Rambouillet (38km)
• Vaux de Cernay (43km)
• Vallée de Chevreuse (50km)

Towns of Art and history

• Rambouillet (34km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Moutiers (28km)

Geography and distances

Mainvilliers is in the eastern-center of France at 1 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Mainvilliers is 79 kilometres from Paris).

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

We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amilly, Bailleau-l'Eveque, Barjouville, Champhol, Chartres, Chartres Cathedral, Fontenay-sur-Eure, Gellainville, Le Coudray, Leves, Luce, Luisant, Morancez and Saint-Prest.

This page in French: Visiter Mainvilliers