Barbizon travel guide
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Visit Barbizon: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Barbizon is situated in the Seine-et-Marne department (Paris region) in the Paris region of France at 12 km from Melun, the department capital. (General information: Barbizon is 49 km from Paris and 283 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Yevre-le-Chatel at 38 km from Barbizon
Popular places to visit near Barbizon: these include Yevre-le-Chatel at 38 km and Catacombs at 47 km.
Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km and Fontainebleau Palace is a listed 'heritage site' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Barbizon, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Barbizon
Note that all distances from Barbizon shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Barbizon holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Barbizon (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Paris and Seine-et-Marne gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Barbizon and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine national de Fontainebleau (9km) : Parc du château de Courances (10km) : Parc du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (16km) : Parc de Chamarande (29km) : Parc de Courson (38km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (40km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (42km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (44km) : Domaine national de Champs-sur-Marne (45km) :
- National Monuments: Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (45km) : Vincennes Chateau (46km) : Pantheon (48km) : Sainte-Chapelle (49km) : Notre Dame cathedral (49km) : Conciergerie (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) (8km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (32km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (33km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (34km) : Eglises de Saint Loup (Saint-Loup-de-Naud) (46km) : Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (47km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (48km) : Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (49km) : Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Le Mee-sur-Seine (11km) : Melun (12km) : Creteil (38km) : Maisons-Alfort (41km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (45km) : Meudon (49km) : Velizy-Villacoublay (49km) : Gagny (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontainebleau Palace (9km) : Seine Banks, Paris (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Etampes (32km) : Noisiel (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Moret-sur-Loing (18km) :
Map of places to visit near Barbizon & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Barbizon
Canton: Perthes
Arrondissement: Melun
Department: Seine-et-Marne
Region: Paris
Postcode: 77630
Distance to Barbizon
from Melun: 12 km
from Paris: 49 km
from Calais: 283 km
from Nice: 638 km
from Bordeaux: 469 km
from Strasbourg: 379 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Barbizon): Arbonne-la-Foret, Cely, Chailly-en-Biere, Fleury-en-Biere, Perthes, Saint-Martin-en-Biere, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Ecole and Villiers-en-Biere.
Getting here
For driving distances to Barbizon from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Barbizon