The Caves of the Foulon is a leisure centre to discover during your holidays when staying near Châteaudun in the Eure-et-Loir in Centre. This centre is popular with tourists travelling through the region. Here you can find useful information about this place as well as information on local tourist services.
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Limestone caves, natural, dug there are millions of years by rainwater (karst), Caves du Foulon were inhabited since prehistoric times by Palaeolithic man there are 300 000 years. You'll find an exhibition of flint tools dating from the age of cut stone and polished stone, set up by the Archaeological Society Dunoise. Outstanding geological site, a veritable open book on the history of the Earth, the Caverns of Foulon and unique are the only caves in the world where you can watch thousands of marine giant geodes containing footprints of aquatic animals crystallized quartz and chalcedony . You will also find the whole diversity of the underworld: large rooms, galleries, pillars, giant pots, joint ... Rare on the planet: you can observe all the way to visit the famous KT layer, layer of the dinosaurs on Earth, there are 65 million years. These caves we reserve still good numbers of secrets to uncover, such the bones of giant dinosaurs discovered in August 2010, or the giant vertebra discovered in June 2011 ... On a guided tour of more than one hectare in the town of Chateaudun, you will hear the history of mankind throughout the ages. A treasure hunt is held permanently in caves, to help the smaller of these caves discovering more fun. The tour ends with the full illumination of the caves, wonderful show highlighting the work of water on the rock!
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| OTHER LEISURE CENTRES IN THE AREA | |
| Museum Beaux-Arts et Histoire Naturelle in Châteaudun (240 m) | Leisure Centre of Marboué in Marboué (4.3 km) |
| Leisure Park Val Fleuri in Cloyes-sur-le-Loir (10.3 km) | Museum bonnevallais in Bonneval (13.1 km) |
| Leisure Centre of La Varenne in Morée (20 km) | Golf Course of La Bosse in Vievy-le-Rayé (24 km) |
| Garden Le pré Catelan in Illiers-Combray (26 km) | Museum Marcel Proust in Illiers-Combray (26 km) |
| Municipal Museum of Vendôme in Vendôme (37 km) | |
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| Châteaudun | The castle, the old town and its old houses, the banks of the Loir River |
| Vendôme | A City of Art and History full of attractions |
| Bonneval | Little Venice of Beauce |
| Brou | The banks of the Ozanne are really charming... |
| The Pré Catelan garden | Marcel Proust's garden |
| The Montigny-le-Gannelon castle | A Renaissance château overlooking the Loir valley |
| Tourism in Châteaudun | Châteaudun travel guide and tourist information |
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