Chartres Vacations, Chartres Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Chartres is famous. World famous. It is one of the most exceptional cathedrals ever build. It hides a thousand of mysteries, legends and unravelled secrets. It shows the most beautiful architecture, statues and craftwork. It has supreme acoustics. It is pure magic. The first time I saw it's towers rising up on the horizon, was when our bus stopped in the middle of flowery fields. Yellow blossoms waved in the wind and far, far from us laid our destiny: Chartres. The last 20 kilometres...

Our second day trip out of Paris was Cathedrale Notre Dame de Chartres--regarded by most to be the penultimate French Gothic cathedral.  It is easy to understand the effect it must have had on the medieval eye-- even with modern buildings rivalling its height, Chartres dominates the landscape.  Up close, it is even more impressive.  Its mismatched spires are misleading-- this is actually one of the more cohesive cathedrals in Europe, built in 26 years, after a fire destroyed mo...

Leaving Paris behind, we drove south to Chartres to see its gothic cathedral, considered the greatest of its kind in France.  The spires are two different styles, which seemed unusual, and the stained glass appeared particularly vivid, especially the blue colors.

My senior year Spring break. I went to Paris with three friends. Jane, Natalie, and I met with our friend Keren who lives in the city. She showed us around when she had the time and we got lost when she didn't.