Briis-sous-Forges travel guide
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Visit Briis-sous-Forges: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Briis-sous-Forges is situated in the Essonne department (Paris region) in the of France at 5410 km from , the department capital. (General information: Briis-sous-Forges is 31 km from Paris and 259 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Versailles Palace at 20 km from Briis-sous-Forges
Popular places to visit near Briis-sous-Forges: these include Versailles Palace at 20 km and Catacombs at 28 km.
Parc de Courson is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Parc du château de Beauregard is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Briis-sous-Forges, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Briis-sous-Forges
Note that all distances from Briis-sous-Forges shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Briis-sous-Forges holidays and travel
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For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Paris and gites in France
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 Briis-sous-Forges and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Courson (3km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (5km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (10km) : Parc de Chamarande (14km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (20km) : Parc de Versailles (20km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (20km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (21km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (22km) : Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (24km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (22km) : Maison des Jardies (23km) : Saint Cloud Parc (24km) : Pantheon (30km) : Notre Dame cathedral (30km) : Conciergerie (31km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (31km) : Arc de Triomphe (31km) : Sainte-Chapelle (31km) : Vincennes Chateau (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (11km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (15km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (21km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (26km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (27km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (29km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (30km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Velizy-Villacoublay (18km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (20km) : Meudon (23km) : Rueil-Malmaison (29km) : Le Vesinet (30km) : Maisons-Alfort (30km) : Creteil (31km) : Courbevoie (32km) : Levallois-Perret (32km) : Le Mee-sur-Seine (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Versailles Palace (20km) : Seine Banks, Paris (31km) : Fontainebleau Palace (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Etampes (21km) : Rambouillet (22km) : Noisiel (45km) : Pontoise (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Briis-sous-Forges & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Briis-sous-Forges
Canton: Limours
Arrondissement: Palaiseau
Department: Essonne
Region: Paris
Postcode: 91640
Distance to Briis-sous-Forges
from : 5410 km
from Paris: 31 km
from Calais: 259 km
from Nice: 675 km
from Bordeaux: 468 km
from Strasbourg: 414 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Briis-sous-Forges): Angervilliers, Bruyeres-le-Chatel, Courson-Monteloup, Fontenay-les-Briis, Forges-les-Bains, Gometz-la-Ville, Janvry, Les Molieres, Limours, Pecqueuse, Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard, Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne and Vaugrigneuse.
Getting here
For driving distances to Briis-sous-Forges from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Briis-sous-Forges