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Chartres travel guide

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Visit Chartres: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Chartres is situated in the Eure-et-Loir department (Centre region) in the eastern-center of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Eure-et-Loir department. (General information: Chartres is 78 km from Paris and 280 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Chartres

Popular places to visit near Chartres: these include Chartres at 3 km and at km. Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Le pré Catelan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 24km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Chartres: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Chartres has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);

Selected places to visit and attractions near Chartres, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Chartres 3km

Things to see in Chartres and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Chartres

'Remarkable gardens': Le pré Catelan (24km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (33km) : Parc du château de Groussay (45km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (47km) :
National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (34km) :
Religious monuments: Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (1km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (42km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (48km) :
Town / village in bloom 4*: Moutiers (27km) :
Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (33km) :
Recommended Detour Town: Chateaudun (43km) :