Thivars tourism and travel guide
Visit Thivars: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsThivars 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 9 kilometres from Chartres, the department capital (general information: Thivars is 85 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Chartres at 5 km and Chartres Cathedral at 8 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Thivars, 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 Thivars 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 Thivars
Markets in and near Thivars
- Luce: market Sunday (6km)
- Chartres: market Saturday (8km)
- Courville-sur-Eure: market Thursday (17km)
- Voves: market Tuesday (18km)
- Bonneval: market Monday (23km)
- Auneau: market Friday (26km)
- Maintenon: market Thursday (26km)
- Brou: market Wednesday (28km)
- Nogent-le-Roi: market Saturday (30km)
- La Loupe: market Tuesday (34km)
More information about Thivars, Loire Valley
Tourist attractions near Thivars, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Thivars.
Heritage sites
- Chartres Cathedral (8km)
National Monuments
- Rambouillet Chateau (41km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- Chateaudun (35km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (51km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (8km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (49km)
Remarkable gardens
- Le pré Catelan (17km)
- Domaine national de Rambouillet (40km)
- Parc du château de Groussay (52km)
- Parc du château de Breteuil (54km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Chartres (8km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Château de Sauvage (31km)
- Forêt de Rambouillet (44km)
- Vaux de Cernay (49km)
- Vallée de Chevreuse (56km)
Towns of Art and history
- Rambouillet (40km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Moutiers (26km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Thivars
Canton: Chartres-Sud-Ouest
Arrondissement: Chartres
Department: Eure-et-Loir
Region: Loire Valley
Postcode: 28630
Distance to Thivars
from Chartres (prefecture): 9 km
from Paris: 85 km
from Calais: 287 km
from Nice: 687 km
from Bordeaux: 423 km
from Strasbourg: 465 km
Getting here
Thivars 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 Thivars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 12 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Barjouville, Corancez, Dammarie, Ermenonville-la-Grande, Fontenay-sur-Eure, Le Coudray, Luce, Luisant, Meslay-le-Grenet, Mignieres, Morancez and Ver-les-Chartres.
This page in French: Visiter Thivars
