Chartres, France Travel Blogs

Chartres Cathedral
Jan 28, 2008 (22 photos)

Hi everybody! We took a weekend trip to Chartres, France, for Melanie to see the famous Chartres Cathedral. At the moment, this entry only contains pictures from that trip. Story to come later. Melanie and Chris

Paris - Chartres- Amboise
Jun 14, 2009 (15 photos)

... but marvel at the skill of the craftsmen who built it, and at the way that the building captures you attention. After Chartres we drove slowly down to our next destination, Amboise, a small village in the Loire valley. We passed through some beautiful ...

Chartre on my Birthday
Apr 22, 2009 (1 photos)

Once again I was away by 07:30 in a heavy fog that caused me to be grateful for the excellent lights on my bicycle. I shunned the scenic route - nothing to see! - and took a direct route that left the GPS totally confused as it tracked my progress across ...

Chartres
Sep 10, 2008 (33 photos)

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A day in Chartres
Nov 26, 2005 (10 photos)

... Notre Dame de Chartres. A short walk brought us to this magnificent example of Gothic and Romanesque architecture. Though Chartres displays many of the same and similar elements as Notre Dame Paris, the feel inside is completely different. Where Notre ...

Loire Valley and Chartres Cathedral
Jul 1, 2003

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My Experience in Chartres Cathedral
Oct 24, 2008 (5 photos)

On the 24th of October we went to Chartres. We walked in and everybody was dumbstruck. It was so beautiful! We ran to the tour spot so we could join it. We just made it in time. We got our headphones and headed off.  The one thing our tour-guide, Malcolm ...

Chartres
Sep 29, 2005 (5 photos)

29/09/2005 Today we went to Chartres, it took about an hour by train from Gare Montparnasse. It was a cute little city and a gorgeous day. We came out of the train station and went in search of the tourist office to see what museums there were ...

Versailles & Chartres
Feb 17, 1977

Versailles Huge supermarket shopping experience!! Chartres - town centre & cathedral

Part 1: Day Trip to Chartres
Feb 16, 2008 (14 photos)

... train to Chartres to the see the cathedral there, about 70 minutes through the countryside.  We've both always wanted to see Chartres (pronounced like "shart" or "shart-RA" if you're French) since seeing slides of it in art class.  Both the town ...

A romantic little town
Aug 20, 2006 (3 photos)

... for 26, it would have been even better. In the end though, everything turned out okay. We had a romantic dinner and we saw the Chartres cathedral the next day: bliss for an architecture enthusiast and a history buff respectively...   

Chartres
Apr 28, 2007 (15 photos)

For some reason, I was under the impression that Chartres wasn't as close to Paris as it actually is.  In the past, of course, it would have been, but nowadays it's an hour's train ride away and a great day-trip. We went to see the Gothic goodness ...

A medieval town called Chartres
Jul 19, 2008 (3 photos)

... bridges and old churches spotted all around. It's the type of place I'd like to live in when I'm approximately seventy-five. Chartres was a medieval town, so it still has remnants of the wall that used to protect the city from invaders. Searching for ...

Chartres, France
Sep 29, 2005

... travels. It is very difficult to get on the internet here. Today, we took a little trip to the small french town of Chartres. It was a beautiful little town that reminded me a lot of Galena. The town has one of the greatest of all French Gothic cathedrals ...

July 31 - Back to Paris via Chartres
Aug 1, 2007 (11 photos)

... get home. A winding and frequently scenic route home took as via Fougeres, Mayenne and Le Mans and a stop at Chartres. The cathedral is huge and can be sen from 30 miles away. Yes I know yet another church but this ...

Mange avec les truckers
Oct 2, 2009

Tres bien... Drove down from Dover and pulled in at the Relais Beaucoeron Hotel and restaurant which is actually an upmarket truck stop.  10E for the nigh unless you dine in and then camping is free. What value...for the grand total of 13E pp we were ...

A hard night's day
May 24, 2008 (2 photos)

... Maintenon. It was ok, but the water wasn't over warm in the shower, and it was one of the most expensive places we have stayed in France - €15.60, without electricity. The weather set in just as we arrived so we had a hasty meal and an early night.

Rain rain rain!
Jun 7, 2009

Will fill you in on the story of Chartres later!..... ...(writing this from Carcassonne, Fri 12th) From Versailles we drove to Chartres, in the rain.  We got a little lost trying to find our campsite (French road signs SUCK!)  when I saw a sign ...

Excursion à Chartres
Sep 18, 1992 (2 photos)

Je n'ai qu'une carte postale et un ticket de la SNCF comme souvenirs du voyage, mais les voilà !

In memorian to Abbé Franz Stock
Feb 2, 2008 (3 photos)

We visited a camp, where Abbé Franz Stock had lived a long time.

Chartres dans une poubelle
Aug 27, 2007 (1 photos)

Ouahouuu une super 5 avec 2 vitesses !!! A 100 km,  je m'entendais meme plus penser

Rehearsed dinner & ready to do it for real!
Apr 12, 2008

Another gorgeous day yesterday, and our rain chance for tomorrow has been cut from 80% to 40%.  The gods of Europe appreciate the time we put in through snow and sleet and ice over our holiday trip and are rewarding us with mostly clear skies ...

Day 6..... Chartres
Sep 6, 2008 (10 photos)

Drove 2 hours South To the Loire valley to visit a small town of Chartres. Which has the greatest Gothic cathedral in Europe. It was built in 1020 The cathedral was the most important building in the town of Chartres. It was the centre of the ...

Today I gasped.
Aug 11, 2007 (26 photos)

... . During both World Wars, each and every piece of glass was removed, wrapped, labeled and put away for protection.  Beloved glass. Chartres Blue is coined color from the glass. I took 173 pictures.  Don't worry.  I won't post but a few ...

Chartres
Dec 21, 2006

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Chartres
Jul 19, 2004 (2 photos)

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