Hiking Eure-Et-Loir

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.