On the first leg of our trip to the bay of Somme, we stayed the night at the cathedral town of Chartres. Before the sun set, we checked out the old city, with the 12th century Cathedral of Chartres, said to be one of the best preserved Gothic cathedrals in France, and the other historical monuments such as the Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres, the old marketplace, the alleys and byways of the old town, and my personal favorite, the breathtaking interiors of the church of Saint-Aignan (13th century).
The old market place
Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres, from the outside
The ravishing interiors of the church Église Saint-Pierre de Chartres
strolling around the old town
Here is the cathedral peeping into our hotel window with the rising sun, the following morning/
