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Visit Bessancourt: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bessancourt is situated in the Val-d'Oise department (Paris region) in the Paris region of France at 12 km from Cergy, the department capital. (General information: Bessancourt is 22 km from Paris and 214 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Basilica de Sacre Coeur at 19 km from Bessancourt
Popular places to visit near Bessancourt: these include Basilica de Sacre Coeur at 19 km and Montmartre at 19 km.
Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bessancourt, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bessancourt
Note that all distances from Bessancourt shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bessancourt holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bessancourt (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 Val-d'Oise 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 Bessancourt and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de l'abbaye de Royaumont (17km) : Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (18km) : Domaine de la Malmaison (19km) : Jardin du Palais-Royal (21km) : Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (23km) : Jardin et parc du château de Chantilly (25km) : Potager des Princes (26km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (27km) : Parc de Versailles (27km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (30km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Maisons (11km) : Basilica of Saint-Denis (15km) : Arc de Triomphe (19km) : Villa Savoye (19km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (20km) : Sainte-Chapelle (22km) : Conciergerie (22km) : Saint Cloud Parc (23km) : Notre Dame cathedral (23km) : Pantheon (23km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Roche-Guyon (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) (4km) : Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) (5km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Auvers-sur-Oise) (5km) : Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (10km) : Basilique de Saint Denis (Saint-Denis) (16km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Royaumont (Asnieres-sur-Oise) (16km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (17km) : Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (18km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (20km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Soisy-sous-Montmorency (8km) : Courbevoie (16km) : Le Vesinet (17km) : Levallois-Perret (17km) : Rueil-Malmaison (18km) : Aulnay-sous-Bois (23km) : Meudon (25km) : Livry-Gargan (27km) : Velizy-Villacoublay (28km) : Gagny (29km) :
- Heritage Sites: Seine Banks, Paris (22km) : Versailles Palace (27km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Pontoise (9km) : Chantilly (25km) : Noisiel (36km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (9km) :
Map of places to visit near Bessancourt & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bessancourt
Canton: Taverny
Arrondissement: Pontoise
Department: Val-d'Oise
Region: Paris
Postcode: 95550
Distance to Bessancourt
from Cergy: 12 km
from Paris: 22 km
from Calais: 214 km
from Nice: 708 km
from Bordeaux: 513 km
from Strasbourg: 408 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 24 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bessancourt): Andilly, Auvers-sur-Oise, Baillet-en-France, Beauchamp, Bethemont-la-Foret, Butry-sur-Oise, Chauvry, Eaubonne, Ermont, Franconville, Frepillon, Herblay, Le Plessis-Bouchard, Margency, Meriel, Mery-sur-Oise, Montigny-les-Cormeilles, Montlignon, Nerville-la-Foret, Pierrelaye, Saint-Leu-la-Foret, Saint-Prix, Taverny and Villiers-Adam.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bessancourt from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bessancourt