One of the most perfect Gothic cathedrals, built mostly between 1194 and 1220 and keeping almost all its original stained glass, famous for its deep 'Chartres blue'. The labyrinth on the floor of the nave is walked by pilgrims, and the carved royal portal is older than the rest.
Climb the north tower for views over the plains of the Beauce. Chartres en Lumières lights up the city's monuments on summer evenings.
A royal and then presidential château southwest of Paris, used by French presidents to host summits until 2009.
A château on a cliff above the River Loir that combines a 12th-century keep, a Gothic wing and a Renaissance wing, built for Dunois, a companion of J…
The vast palace of Louis XIV, the 'Sun King', and the seat of the French court until the Revolution.
Le Corbusier's famous white villa, built in 1931 as a weekend house and one of the most influential buildings of the 20th century.
A large park on a hillside above the Seine, laid out by André Le Nôtre around a royal château that burned down in 1870.
The house where Claude Monet lived for 43 years, and the gardens he created and painted again and again: a flower garden bursting with colour, and ac…
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