Chartres en lumières - 2024 season - Chartres en lumières

Chartres en lumières returns for its 20th edition with 21 sites illuminated 7 nights a week, from 13 April 2024 to 5 January 2025.

With Chartres en lumières, plunge into a colourful fairytale world and discover in an atypical way the essential sites in the heart of Chartres from dusk to 1am (11.30pm after the 27 October).

Enjoy the stories that are told at your own pace and according to your wishes: you are free to choose your own route and stroll around the centre of Chartres.

The 2024 program

The illuminations

Contemplation - Église Saint-Aignan — The Saint-Aignan's church

New 2024 : Saint-Aignan's church adorned with the finest works of sacred art, from primitive mosaics to medieval goldsmiths' work, from stained glass to painted decorations.

NEW : The Facade of the Departmental Council

The natural beauty of the Eure-et-Loir region is showcased to honour the local heritage.

Le portail royal de la cathédrale de Chartres — Chartres cathedral : the royal portal

The royal portal of the Chartres cathedral (2 scenographies)

The north portal of the Chartres cathedral

The rose of the south portal

Museum of Fine Arts : the façade of Honor

Hôtel Montescot - Pierre, feuille, ciseaux — The Montescot Hotel

The Montescot Hotel

The Fresco of Lattre de Tassigny

The Place Billard

The theater of Chartres

The Eurelium - the county's archives

La collégiale Saint-André - Faune et flore - M2 Creative — The Collegiate church of Saint-André

The Collegiate church of Saint-André

The Saint-Hilaire arcades and bridge

The Saint-Hilaire bridge

The Wash house of the Grenouillère

The Foulerie Wash House

L'église Saint-Pierre - Nuit et jour — The Saint-Pierre's Church

The Saint-Pierre's Church

The Minimes bridge

The Bouju bridge

The Mill and Saint-Père bridge

The Gloriette quay and wash house

The Christmas illuminations

Rivière des lutins - illuminations de Noël - Lavoir Grenouillère — Wash House ot the Grenouillère - December 2022

Ten or so sites will be decked out in Christmas colours from the end of November. Gifts and snowy landscapes will return to the façades of Chartres cathedral, the Saint-André collegiate church and the bridges and wash houses of the lower town. A family will gather around a Christmas feast on the façades of the Montescot Hotel.

> Dates : From the end of November.

Visit Chartres en lumières

Dates and times

The 21 sites of Chartres en lumières are illuminated EVERY, night from dusk to 1am (11.30pm from the 27 October), until 5th January 2025.

The lighting of the illuminations varies according to the time of nightfall.

April: around 9.30 pm / 9.45 pm
May: around 10 pm / 10.15 pm
June: around 10.30 pm / 10.45 pm
July : around 10.45 pm / 10.30 pm

August : around 10.15pm / 9.45pm
September: around 9.30pm / 9.15pm
October: around 9pm / 6.30 from 27 October

November: around 6.15pm / 6pm
December: 5.45pm
January : 5.45pm

Find the detailed timetable day by day

Free route

Enjoy the stories that are told at your own pace and according to your desires: you are free to design your own itinerary and stroll through the city centre of Chartres.

Geolocate all the illuminated sites on the Chartres en lumières map

Guided tours

Guided tour by C'Chartres Tourisme

The tourist office offers guided tours and will reveal details, anecdotes and secrets. A suspended moment where the scenographies take all their meaning.

These guided tours are only available in French

Next dates : Aaturday 20 April, Saturday 11 May, Saturday 18 May, Saturday 1st June.

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By Petit Chart'train

Go on a luminous journey without getting tired. From April to January, this small train winds its way through the city centre in the evening from one illuminated site to the next, commenting on the riches and mysteries of the old town of Chartres.

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