Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Chateau de Rambouillet at 21 km from Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine

Visit Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine: highlights and tourist information

Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine 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 Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Rambouillet at 21 km and Chartres Cathedral at 29 km.

Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine, 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 21 km (direction east), in the Yvelines department

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

See Chateau de Rambouillet guide

Chartres Cathedral

Cathedral at 29 km (direction south-south-west)

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

See Chartres Cathedral guide

Chartres

at 32 km (direction south-south-west)

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

See Chartres guide

Giverny Gardens

Garden at 42 km (direction south-south-west), in the Eure department

The most famous, most visited, and perhaps most attractive gardens in France,...

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La Roche-Guyon

Most Beautiful Village at 43 km (direction north-north-east), in the Val-d'Oise department

At La Roche-Guyon, a 'plus beau village de France', you can exlore...

See La Roche-Guyon guide

Vernon

at 43 km (direction north-north-east), in the Eure department

Vernon has an attractive historic centre and sits on the banks of...

See Vernon guide

Versailles Palace

Castle at 44 km (direction east), in the Yvelines department

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

See Versailles Palace guide

Evreux

at 45 km (direction north-west), in the Eure department

In Evreux it is the two religious monuments - the cathedral and...

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Map of places to visit near Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine

Markets in and near Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine

• Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (6km)
• Houdan: market Friday (11km)
• Maintenon: market Thursday (13km)
• Dreux: market Wednesday & Sunday & Monday all day & Friday (13km)
• Ezy-sur-Eure: market Thursday & Sunday (20km)
• Ivry-la-Bataille: market Saturday (21km)
• Nonancourt: market Wednesday (26km)
• Chartres: market Saturday (29km)
• Saint-Andre-de-l'Eure: market Friday (30km)
• Beynes: market Thursday (30km)

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Tourist attractions near Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine, France

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

Heritage sites

• Chartres Cathedral (29km)
• Versailles Palace (45km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• La Roche-Guyon (43km)

National Monuments

• Rambouillet Chateau (22km)
• Villa Savoye (43km)
• Chateau de Maisons (53km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (33km)
• Vexin Francais (52km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (29km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (29km)
• Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (37km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (40km)
• Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (40km)
• Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (44km)
• Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (44km)
• Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (46km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (48km)
• Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (52km)
• Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (54km)
• Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) (56km)

Remarkable gardens

• Domaine national de Rambouillet (21km)
• Parc du château de Groussay (22km)
• Parc du château de Thoiry (26km)
• Parc du château de Breteuil (36km)
• Les jardins du château de Miserey (41km)
• Jardin de Claude Monet (41km)
• Jardin du musée d’art américain (42km)
• Potager du roi, Versailles (44km)
• Parc de Versailles (44km)
• Parc de Courson (46km)
• Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (46km)
• Le pré Catelan (50km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Chartres (29km)
• Versailles (45km)
• Saint-Germain-en-Laye (46km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Château de Sauvage (20km)
• Forêt de Rambouillet (28km)
• Vaux de Cernay (29km)
• Vallée de Chevreuse (36km)

Towns of Art and history

• Rambouillet (22km)
• Pontoise (56km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Le Vesinet (49km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Thoiry (26km)

Geography and distances

Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine is in the eastern-center of France at 28 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine is 62 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 Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 16 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Boutigny-Prouais, Brechamps, Broue, Chapelle-Forainvilliers, Chaudon, Coulombs, Croisilles, Faverolles, Germainville, Grandchamp, La Hauteville, Le Tartre-Gaudran, Les Pinthieres, Ouerre, Senantes and Villemeux-sur-Eure.

This page in French: Visiter Saint-Laurent-la-Gatine