Émancé › Chartres

🗺️ Stage Map

📖 Stage Description

Leaving the forests of Ile-de-France, the stage ventures onto the Beauce, a vast cereal plateau. The contrast is striking: after shaded woodland paths, the landscape opens up to an immense sky and wheat fields stretching to the horizon.

Heading south-west, the iconic silhouette of Chartres Cathedral gradually comes into view from several kilometres away. This vision, which medieval pilgrims called the "mountain of Chartres", accompanies the walker all the way in.

Arrival at Chartres is a highlight of the pilgrimage. Notre-Dame Cathedral, a Gothic masterpiece and major Marian shrine, has welcomed pilgrims since the 12th century. Do not miss the ambulatory and the stained-glass windows, among the finest in the world.

📍 Waypoints

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  Émancé · Start

  Departure at the forest edge. Entering the Beauce plain.

  💧 Water🏕 Accommodation
• ~18km

  Auneau

  Medieval market town with a castle. First resupply point on the Beauce plain.

  💧 Water🛒 Shops
• 34,6km

  Chartres · End

  End of stage. Notre-Dame Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  💧 Water🏕 Accommodation🛒 Shops🚉 Train station

⚠️ Good to know for this stage

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  Terrain and difficulty

  Moderate stage, 34.6 km · D+ 360 m · D− 347 m
  Highest point: 154 m · Lowest point: 109 m
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  Water points

  Émancé km 0 · Auneau km ~18 · Chartres km 34.6
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  Pilgrim resources

  miam-miam-dodo.fr · gites-refuges.com

Walking conditions

Sun exposure and terrain type over 34.6 km

Sun exposure

Terrain

⏱️ Estimated duration for you

Estimate based on Naismith's rule and the actual elevation gain of this stage.