Cathedral and Churches of Chartres from Orléans
Orléans → Chartres
Trip Overview
A full-day trip from Orléans to Chartres covering 7 attractions in approximately 11h 45min. The plan includes public transit from Orléans, step-by-step routes between stops, and entrance fees from €16 per person. Compare public transit & car with costs for each leg.
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Chartres rewards a full day with layers of history visible at every turn, starting at its UNESCO-listed cathedral where 176 medieval stained glass windows — the largest surviving collection in the world — fill the nave with shifting colour. The neighbouring Museum of Fine Arts, housed in the former Episcopal Palace, holds paintings by Zurbarán and Chardin alongside rare Renaissance enamels by Léonard Limosin. Downhill in the old town, four more churches span centuries of style: the Romanesque Collégiale Saint-André built over a Gallo-Roman amphitheatre, the Renaissance Saint-Aignan with vivid polychrome murals, and Saint-Pierre with 13th-century windows that rival the cathedral's own. A stroll along the Eure River leads past medieval washhouses to the Maison Picassiette, a house encrusted with millions of ceramic fragments by a self-taught street sweeper. Avoid Mondays, when the museum and Maison Picassiette are closed; the Collégiale Saint-André opens only Wednesday to Sunday afternoons during exhibitions.
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Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral was rebuilt between 1194 and 1220 after a fire destroyed the earlier Romanesque church, making it one of the fastest major Gothic constructions in medieval Europe. The building hous…
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Chartres Museum of Fine Arts
The Chartres Museum of Fine Arts occupies the former Episcopal Palace, a classified Historic Monument built between the 15th and 18th centuries, directly beside Chartres Cathedral. The museum holds ap…
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Chartres Saint-André Collegiate Church
The Collégiale Saint-André is a 12th-century Romanesque church built on the ruins of a Gallo-Roman amphitheater, located along the banks of the Eure River in Chartres' lower town. Elevated to collegia…
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Chartres Church of Saint-Aignan
The Church of Saint-Aignan sits on one of the oldest parish sites in Chartres, with Christian worship here dating back to approximately 400 AD. The current building was constructed between 1514 and 16…
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Chartres Saint-Pierre Church
The Church of Saint-Pierre stands on the site of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century by Queen Bathilde, wife of Clovis II. The current structure dates primarily from the 12th and 13th centu…
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Lunch Break
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Park on the Banks of the Eure
A 1.6-hectare riverside park in Chartres' lower town, stretching along the banks of the Eure River between Faubourg-la-Grappe and the waterway. The park offers shaded walking paths, footbridges with v…
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Picassiette House
Maison Picassiette is a house entirely covered in mosaics made from broken pottery, glass, and porcelain fragments, created by Raymond Isidore between 1938 and 1962. Isidore, a municipal street sweepe…
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