Eure-et-Loir: what to see and do
16 sites listed in the département. Dominated by the spires of its UNESCO-listed cathedral, the Eure-et-Loir cultivates a rural Beauce identity between wheat fields as far as the eye can see and the green valleys of the Perche. Chartres, a sanctuary city, is its unmissable architectural jewel.
Chartres
Prefecture of Eure-et-Loir, whose sloping medieval centre runs down to the river Eure, dominated by the uneven spires of its Gothic cathedral.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres
Partly built from 1145, and rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art.
Centre international du Vitrail de Chartres
The International Stained Glass Centre is set in Chartres in one of the most remarkable Gothic cellars in France, a thirteenth-century building, listed as a Historic Monument.
Château d'Anet
Château de Châteaudun
Château de Courtalain
Château de Maintenon
Château de Montigny-le-Gannelon
Château de Senonches
Château des Vaux
Grotte du Foulon
Jardin Médiéval de Bois-Richeux
Le Compa, conservatoire de l'Agriculture
Maison de La Beauce
Musée de l'école de Chartres et d'Eure-et-Loir
Parc aquatique de Brou
A water park with slide, games, pedalo hire, swing golf, fishing, sailing with the Brou Yacht Club (school approved by the Ministry of Youth and Sports), horse riding with the Amis du Cheval de Brou.