Sainville tourism and travel guide
Visit Sainville: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsSainville 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 29 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Sainville is 60 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres at 29 km and Chartres Cathedral at 29 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Sainville, 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 Sainville 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 Sainville
Markets in and near Sainville
- Auneau: market Friday (9km)
- Angerville: market Tuesday (15km)
- Dourdan: market Wednesday & Saturday (16km)
- Etampes: market Tuesday & Saturday all day (21km)
- Voves: market Tuesday (25km)
- Toury: market Sunday (25km)
- Chartres: market Saturday (29km)
- Maintenon: market Thursday (29km)
- Luce: market Sunday (31km)
- Arpajon: market Friday (33km)
More information about Sainville, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Sainville, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Sainville.
Heritage sites
- Chartres Cathedral (29km)
- Versailles Palace (47km)
National Monuments
- Rambouillet Chateau (26km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Chateaudun (55km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (29km)
- Gatinais Francais (43km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (19km)
- Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (21km)
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (21km)
- Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (29km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (30km)
- Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (38km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (56km)
Remarkable gardens
- Domaine national de Rambouillet (26km)
- Parc de Chamarande (27km)
- Parc de Courson (28km)
- Parc du château de Breteuil (31km)
- Parc du château de Beauregard (34km)
- Parc du château de Groussay (41km)
- Parc du château de Courances (44km)
- Parc de Versailles (47km)
- Potager du roi, Versailles (47km)
- Maison de Chateaubriand (49km)
- Parc du domaine de Sceaux (50km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Chartres (29km)
- Versailles (47km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Château de Sauvage (21km)
- Forêt de Rambouillet (24km)
- Vaux de Cernay (30km)
- Vallée de Chevreuse (34km)
Towns of Art and history
- Etampes (21km)
- Rambouillet (26km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Moutiers (15km)
- Velizy-Villacoublay (47km)
- Le Plessis-Robinson (49km)
- Meudon (51km)
- Maisons-Alfort (59km)
- Creteil (59km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainville
Canton: Auneau
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28700
Distance to Sainville
from Chartres (prefecture): 29 km
from Paris: 60 km
from Calais: 282 km
from Nice: 669 km
from Bordeaux: 440 km
from Strasbourg: 433 km
Getting here
Sainville 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 Sainville from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than 6 kilometres from Sainville): Allainville, Authon-la-Plaine, Chapelle-d'Aunainville, Chatignonville, Denonville, Garancieres-en-Beauce, Lethuin, Maisons, Mondonville-Saint-Jean, Morainville, Orlu, Oysonville, Paray-Douaville and Vierville.
This page in French: Visitez Sainville