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Route: Paris - Chartres (France)

Submitted by Robin Barbacetto on Sun, 03/16/2025 - 06:20am
Location
France
Distance
95 km
Vertical Gain
850 m
Description

Linking Paris cathedral to Chartres cathedral. 

The journey between these two cities represents a rich cultural and historical history. 
The writer Charles Péguy travelled the route from Paris to Chartres twice, in 1912 and again in 1913. 
Since the early 1980s, it has also been an important pilgrimage for Catholic believers, with the ‘Chartres Pilgrimage’, where hundreds of believers make the journey every year during the Whitsun weekend.
This route pays tribute to this rich history and to the architectural beauty of the two cathedrals, both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 

GPS Track
Paris_Course20250315060226_0.gpx10.38 MB

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Padawarno
Mon, 07/20/2026 - 03:54am

Hello,

Would you be able to tell the fraction or percentage of trail vs roads, please?

From looking at the gpx file, it looks like 20% trail / 80% roads. Is that accurate?

Let us know, please. Thank you! 

Padawarno
Sun, 08/02/2026 - 09:21am

We ran a slightly different route with my friend, on July 26th 2027, roughly 40% trails / 60% pavement, for 105 km total.
Here the Strava link, from which the gpx can be exported: Notre-Dame - Notre-Dame.