Explore Chartres France

Chartres is an enchanting town and worth exploring, home of the Grand Chartres Cathedral with the interior's magnificent blue-tinted stained glass and Labyrinth, and need more Stained glass? the nearby Centre International du Vitrail has workshops and exhibits on stained-glass art. Other the Salmon house and the Annual Chartres Light Show are also amazing reasons to visit this town. Two hours from Paris makes Chartres an easy addition to a Paris visit.
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Helpful links from the Video
Chartres Tourist Information: www.chartres-tourisme.com/en
Chartres Cathedral: www.cathedrale-chartres.org/
INTERNATIONAL STAINED-GLASS CENTRE: www.centre-vitrail.org/en/
Chartres In Lights: www.chartresenlumieres.com/en/
We stayed here: www.hotel-poemes-chartres.com/
Chapters
0:00 Hi
0:24 Location and transport times
0:41 Walking around
1:12 Chartres Cathedral - the exterior
2:53 Église Saint-Aignan
3:34 Half timber houses
4:29 Chartres Cathedral - the interior
6:14 Cute shutter dog
6:30 International stained glass centre
6:45 the lower town
7:58 Around the Canal
8:48 the Chartres Light Show
11:14 Our Beautiful room at The Hôtel des Poèmes de Chartres
11:17 A lesson we took away

[@agedude2905]

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Great images and fantastic narration. Thanks so much!

[@SapphireBlueTravelExplores]

Thank you Agedude

[@Departures1]

These small towns are so interesting and overlooked, I prefer places like this over crowds. I was supposed to be in small French towns this May but had to cancel. Hope to go back so this inspires me

[@SapphireBlueTravelExplores]

I should be on a cruise is Europe right now

[@subhashrautvlogs744]

Ohh so prity

[@BonnysOneStepAhead]

Love watching this, u explain history so nice...a great story teller. The Cathedral is so good...u covered it in details....came to know so much about it❤️

[@SapphireBlueTravelExplores]

Thanks for watching and i am so glad you enjoyed it

[@slightlyoffthebeatentrack7322]

Ooooh it's so pretty! Interesting about the labyrinth in the church! Had to google maps this place to see where in France it is as I've not heard of it. Love discoveries like this!

[@SapphireBlueTravelExplores]

It is a really easy train ride from Paris😃 and one day we will go back and see the finished restoration and walk the labyrinth😃 I am so glad you enjoyed this beautiful town.Thank you for watching 😀

[@Svenywhere]

The place looks wonderful. I can imagine you spend some good time in the cathedral. There was some rich 13th century history to explore. It is a pity that the light show didn't happen this time.

[@SapphireBlueTravelExplores]

It is amazing we will be going back to see the completed restoration at some stage. I hope the light show gains it momentum next year.

[@jackycee5962]

Wow. Love this place. Looks very peaceful. Love the beautiful story behind the cathedral. You are a very good story teller. Enjoyed listening. Thanks a lot for sharing. Keep up the good work! Your new friends: JackyAndTheWifey♡

[@SapphireBlueTravelExplores]

Thank you for watching and I am so glad you found it interesting.

[@colinstobbart599]

Great video I love charters when ever we go. But the music is a bit loud it’s hard to hear you.

[@SapphireBlueTravelExplores]

Thank you for watching and I am sorry about the music, I hope I have improved all my mixing skills since then. Chatted is a great place, how many times have you been?

[@colinstobbart599]

@@SapphireBlueTravelExplores we have been twice now but last time we went, this march in fact it was cold and very wet. We travel all through France as we go once a year to Madrid by car and try and take in different towns on the way down and back up to the uk

[@colinstobbart599]

BTW the cathedral is very interesting as it’s a mixture of early gothic and high gothic you see this on the diferente entrances the west is 11c and the south 13th. The different styles of figures is amazing.

[@SapphireBlueTravelExplores]

@@colinstobbart599 thank you for that info, it is a very impressive building.

[@indilove28]

Horrible, la cathédrale est sublime, mais la vieille ville est pas entretenue. Les Immeuble tombe en ruiné et des hautes herbes partout sur les trotoire. De plus l été c est insupportable car il ne y pas de arbre dans cette ville