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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
Attractions in Chartres

Chartres’s big name is Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres

10 of the 18 places to visit in and around Chartres are museums or galleries. There are 14 places to visit in Chartres, and 4 more within 5 km of its centre. In town, 5 sites are listed historic monuments. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 13 of the places on the list. Château de Maintenon, 17 km away, is the best-known day out.

Photo: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, BT (Public domain)
In Chartres
14
inside the commune
Within 5 km
4
in the communes around
Museums & galleries
10
in town and nearby
Châteaux & heritage
4
in town and nearby
Historic monuments
5
in town, listed (Mérimée)
Best known

The first to see in Chartres

Alongside Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres you find 3 museums, a fort and an abbey.

AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartresin townFortFortPorte Guillaumein townMuseumMaison Picassiettein townAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Père-en-Valléein townMuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chartresin townMuseumCentre international du Vitrailin town

Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.

Map

Where things are

Just outside town, most of the 4 sit to the east.

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The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Chartres; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN

By kind

Which kinds

Count 10 museums or galleries and 4 châteaux or heritage sites.

Museums & galleries 6 museums · 4 galleries8 in town · 2 nearby
Châteaux & heritage 2 forts · 1 abbey · 1 monastery4 in town
Gardens 1 garden1 in town
Zoos, parks & days out 2 zoos0 in town · 2 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction1 in town

Dark: in Chartres. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.

Every place

The full list

The town has 14; within 5 km of its centre, the list finds 4 more.

The 14 places in Chartres first, then those within 5 km of its centre.

The history of Chartres → · Parks and trails in Chartres →

Further afield

Day trips from Chartres

Château de Maintenon (17 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.

ChâteauChâteau de Maintenon17 km north, in MaintenonMuseumChâteau de Rambouillet33 km northeast, in RambouilletChâteauChâteauChâteau de Levesville6.7 km northwest, in Bailleau-l'ÉvêqueChurchChapelle royale de Dreux34 km north, in DreuxChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Esclimont22 km northeast, in Auneau-Bleury-Saint-SymphorienChâteauChâteauChâteau de Baronville17 km east, in Béville-le-ComteAttractionDonjon de Houdan39 km north, in HoudanAttractionChâteau de Dourdan39 km east, in DourdanAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Florentin de Bonneval31 km south, in BonnevalChâteauChâteauChâteau de Senonches36 km west, in SenonchesChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Abondant38 km north, in AbondantChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Georges-Motel39 km north, in Saint-Georges-Motel

Places within 40 km of Chartres with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.

What visitors ask about Chartres

What is there to see in Chartres?

The first on our list in Chartres are Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, Porte Guillaume, Maison Picassiette and Abbaye Saint-Père-en-Vallée. We list 14 places in town. Another 4 are within 5 km of the centre.

Are there museums in or near Chartres?

10 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Maison Picassiette, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres, Centre international du Vitrail and Musée de l'école de Chartres et d'Eure-et-Loir.

Which places in Chartres are listed historic monuments?

5 places on this page in Chartres are listed or registered historic monuments (Mérimée), including Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, Porte Guillaume, Maison Picassiette and Abbaye Saint-Père-en-Vallée.

What well-known places are within a day out of Chartres?

The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Maintenon (17 km), Château de Rambouillet (33 km), Château de Levesville (6.7 km), Chapelle royale de Dreux (34 km).

How is this list made?

From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Chartres, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (10)

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.