Guided tours Eure-Et-Loir

Magic. This guided tour is in many ways. Born of a brilliant idea, this two-time night visit brings light to honour. During the first part, it is with Gilles Fresson, a co-ordinating officer with the Rector of the Cathedral, that you are invited to rediscover the building… in the light of candles. Thus you wander through the crypts then in the silent cathedral and dive in the darkness as if you were pilgrims of the Middle Ages. During the visit, Gilles Fresson tells you the history, legends and mysteries surrounding the cathedral. Then you get out of the building and you turn off candles to enjoy, in a second part and a guide from the tourist office, some of the sites illuminated in the context of "Chartres in Enlightenment". The scenes of this festival, its technical aspects and the artistic work of Xavier de Richemont (author of the lighting Designs) will no longer have secrets for you… In sum, during this visit you will learn to see the cathedral and the city otherwise, and you will leave with stars full of eyes.

Guided tours of the city take place in summer. Contact the Tourist Office. In the summer there are night visits in the light of the torchlight where the construction of Chartres's city will be told with force animations and almost historic reconstructions. Please contact the Tourist Office. You can also leave in the old town of Chartres with a specified course. On a rocky spur overlooking the Loir, the city is built under the shelter of the mighty castle and church of Madeleine whose oldest origins date back to the th century, and still has a Romanesque architecture of the th century. The medieval neighborhoods encircle the castle. «The old districts», as they are readily named, are the remains of the Renaissance de la Renaissance, which is saved by the fire that destroyed most of the city in 1723. Through the streets and streets, we discover a beautiful range of half-timbered houses with richly carved doors. Classical town planning is ordered around the square of 18-October -1870.

. is also known as «La Venice verte de la Beauce». A pleasant and refreshing walk allows to bypass the vestiges of the fortifications on board an electric boat. Guaranteed emotions for small and large on these boats which sail through the moat to discover washing and bridges sometimes fairly fairly wide for the passage of the boats! Don't have any fear, everything was calculated.

Le Petit Chart'Train is a transport service in Chartres, offering guided tours of the city on board a small tourist train. Visitors can discover the main sites and monuments of Chartres in a comfortable and fun way. Whether you're a tourist or a resident of Chartres, the Petit Chart'Train is a great way to discover the city and its heritage.

Circuit of sites and abbeys. Follow the signs from Nogent-le-Rotrou. You will cross the percheron landscape by taking small winding roads and crossing the hills. The ancient Abbey Saint-Denis in Nogent, Notre-Dame Abbey of the Val d'Arcisses in Brunelles, Abbaye Abbey Abbey in Thiron-Harboring, Saint Peter priory in Ceton and the former Royal Abbey of Clairets are Forced passages. At the same time, with beautiful valleys, you will discover the religious buildings, farms and mansions of which Le Perche is full.

Enjoy a pleasant visit to the city. The capital of the Counts of the Perche, dominated by the Saint John Castle and its magnificent donjon, built on a rocky spur 50 metres above the large valley of the Huisne, has noble mansions with rousses tiles and beautiful churches: Notre-Dame, the Church of the Nativity (th century), in an adjoining chapel, the tomb of Sully and his wife, lords of Nogent, the church Saint-Laurent, the Saint-Hilaire Church, the house of Bailly which you can see the outside, the bandstand, etc.

By walking on the Cours de l'Eure, you admire a beautiful water mill, nature and flowers along the banks. It is bucolic and enchanting.

This privileged tour will take you into the Caisse d'Epargne buildings, the old weddings room of the city hall and the civil state and its structure.

The guided tour entitled "Heart" will lead you to the deepest of Dreux. You will discover a city such as the locals living daily between the streets, the banks of the Blaise, the parks and with the audiovisual library, theatre or cinema. The second guided tour proposed by the city of Dreux concerns the historic centre of the city. Indeed, the guide will take you from the Royal Chapel to the belfry passing through the old Hotel Dieu or the Tourelle Turret of the Porte Gate. The tourist office will allow you to visit the many corners of the city and will issue the secrets.

From this fortified city on the Loir, there are some towers and two doors: that of Boisville dating from the th century and that of Saint-Roch of the th century. Visit the interesting th century Notre-Dame church, the steeple of the th century. The Abbey was founded in 857 by a knight named Coots and Charles, king of Provence, the great grandson of Charlemagne. In 911, it will be burned by the Norman people. The abbey gate dates back to the 1793 th century, the adjoining church was partially destroyed in.

From the high town to the lower town, from medieval mounds and mysterious streets to enigmatic names, without forgetting the houses of half-timbered or tympans, the secrets of the city will be partly unveiled. Along with a guide to the tourist office, travel through the centuries and let yourself be worn by the indefinable charm of the medieval city, which is not to be surprised, so it has always endless larger and mysteries…

With an audio guide, stroll quietly in the streets of Chartres, discover monuments and neighbourhoods that deserve a little detour: the history of Chartres is carved in their stones, and thus crosses the centuries and wars. Notice, therefore, to lovers of history and curious to apprehend the city otherwise: Visit the Tourist Office to borrow an audio guide and then conduct the tour independently.

With a audioguide, available in French, English, German, Spanish, Dutch and Italian, learn to look at the cathedral differently. However, part of the building being currently under renovation, the visit mulhouse of the heart and its sculptures is suspended for the moment… Therefore, you can only visit the cathedral as a whole until the scaffolding is removed.

This exceptional vestige of the th-century steel industry allows us to return to the past of the blast furnaces. At the time, there remains the pavement of the pond (17 metres wide), the coal hall, the blast furnaces and the house of the master of the forges that are classified as historic monuments.

The city of Chartres looks resolutely towards the future with the app One day in Chartres. From your smartphone or tablet you can find a list of the city's points of interest. In total, forty places and traditions are listed and detailed, most of them are accompanied by videos that give you anecdotes and let you see the interior of the monuments. To build your circuit and organize the steps according to your choice: here is you guide!

Tariff: free.

Duration: the choice.

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The city centre of Chartres has preserved the physionomie of its construction: on a rocky spur, around its castle, the municipality stands out by streets drawn to the cord on one side of the square of 18-October, and very narrow and towed from the other side to the castle. On all sides of the city it is possible to have a superb view of the Loir valley since the river flows underneath. And at every corner of the upper city, you can discover very beautiful wooden houses that give Chartres a real stamp.

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