# The lower town and the banks of the Eure

What to do en Chartres · Chartres

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres/things-to-do/lower-town-and-banks-of-the-eure · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 1 h
- Temporada: All year
- Para quién: Everyone

Walk · 1 h · free · half-timbered houses, bridges and the collegiate church of Saint-André below the cathedral

Behind the cathedral, the streets drop down slopes and steps to the Eure. There lies the lower town: half-timbered houses, stone bridges over the river, the remains of the collegiate church of Saint-André and the best views of the cathedral from below. It is the walk that most day-trippers skip and the one that best explains the medieval city.
How to do it
Go down from the apse of the cathedral and follow the river, crossing it by the bridges, and climb back up by a different street. An unhurried hour.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 48.45013, 1.48994

## Cerca de aquí

- [Hôtellerie Saint-Yves](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres/where-to-stay/hotellerie-saint-yves), a 272 m
- [Chartres Cathedral, its stained glass and the labyrinth](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres/things-to-do/chartres-cathedral), a 298 m
- [Chartres en lumières, the city lit up at night](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres/things-to-do/chartres-en-lumieres), a 298 m
- [The upper parts of the cathedral, above the flying buttresses](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres/things-to-do/cathedral-upper-parts), a 298 m
- [The International Stained Glass Centre](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres/things-to-do/international-stained-glass-centre), a 341 m
- [L'Amphitryon](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres/where-to-eat/l-amphitryon), a 479 m
- [Le Bœuf Couronné](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres/where-to-stay/le-boeuf-couronne), a 479 m
- [Brasserie La Cour](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres/where-to-eat/brasserie-la-cour), a 809 m

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is the lower town worth going down to?
Yes: it is the quietest part and from below you see the cathedral above the rooftops.

Destino: [Chartres](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/centre-val-de-loire/chartres.md)