Paris TRIP

Private tour of Chartres and its cathedral from Paris

5 hours

Meet your guide in your hotel or private residence, located in the heart of Paris, and settle into your comfortable air-conditioned vehicle. Then leave Paris for an afternoon in the company of your driver / guide, and head to Chartres, the capital of light and perfume. Located about 90 km southwest of Paris, you will arrive in Chartres after approximately 1 hour journey. You will start with a visit to the Notre-Dame de Chartres cathedral, one of the most beautiful examples of high Gothic architecture in France, still well preserved and listed as UNESCO World Heritage since 1979.

During your private tour of the cathedral with your guide, you will be awestruck by its dimensions which make it a unique and unmissable place, and undoubtedly one of the most beautiful examples of Gothic architecture in the world. Important destination for travelers and pilgrims since the 12th century, many of whom come to venerate its famous relic: the "Santa Camisa" (clothes that the Virgin Mary would have worn on the day of the birth of Christ), Notre-Dame de Chartres leaves not impassive visitors and you will be amazed by its stained glass windows, a set of stained glass windows considered to be one of the most complete and best preserved sets of medieval times with a total area of ‚Äã‚Äã2600 m2, which illuminate its apse.

At the end of the visit which will have made you not only bring light this best preserved architectural jewel of its time with its sculptures, its exceptional paving, and more particularly its famous maze in the center of the nave, one of the largest labyrinths ever built in a French Cathedral, but also the Bishops Palace Garden, from where you will delight in wathing the beautiful panoramic view over the old town, you will have some time to stroll around the old town.

Then, it will be time to return to Paris, where your driver/guide will drop you off in the early evening.