Chars travel guide
Visit Chars: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in La Roche-Guyon at 25 km from Chars
Location: Chars is situated in the Val-d'Oise department (Paris region) in the Paris region of France at 16 km from Cergy, the department capital. (General information: Chars is 45 km from Paris and 199 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Chars: these include La Roche-Guyon at 25 km and Giverny Gardens at 32 km. Vexin Francais is a listed regional natural parc at 6 km and Pontoise is a listed town of art and history at 16 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Chars, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Chars
Note that all distances from Chars shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Chars holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Chars
- Cergy: market every Wednesday & Saturday (15km)
- Meru: market every Sunday & Friday (15km)
- Meulan: market every Monday & Friday (17km)
- Jouy-le-Moutier: market every Wednesday & Saturday (17km)
- Gisors: market every Monday all day & Friday (18km)
- Les Mureaux: market every Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (18km)
- Chanteloup-les-Vignes: market every Wednesday & Saturday (21km)
- Conflans-Sainte-Honorine: market every every day except Monday (21km)
- Andresy: market every Wednesday & Saturday (21km)
- Chambly: market every Wednesday & Saturday (22km)
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 Chars and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Chars map below.
Paris Villa Savoye (27km); Chateau de Maisons (28km); Basilica of Saint-Denis (39km); Arc de Triomphe (41km); Saint Cloud Parc (41km); Parc Monceau (41km); Maison des Jardies (41km); Versailles Palace (41km); Basilica de Sacre Coeur (42km); Montmartre (42km); Montmartre district (42km); Chapelle Expiatoire (42km); Eiffel Tower (42km); Champs-Elysees (42km); Grand Palais (42km); Petit Palais (42km); Eglise de la Madeleine (42km); Paris Opera (42km); Place de la Concorde (42km); Hotel des Invalides (42km); Palais Bourbon (43km); Place Vendome (43km); Jardin des Tuileries (43km); Rodin Museum (43km); Orsay Museum (43km); Palais Royal (43km); The Louvre (44km); Parc de la Villette (44km); Saint-Eustache (44km); Pont-Neuf (44km); Conciergerie (44km); Sainte-Chapelle (44km); Hotel de Ville (town hall) (45km); Notre Dame cathedral (45km); Pantheon (45km); Place des Vosges (45km); Catacombs (46km); Place de la Bastille (46km); Jardin des Plantes (46km); Vincennes Chateau (50km)
Aquarium Cinéaqua (41km); Centre de la mer et des eaux (45km); Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dor (49km)
Heritage Site Versailles Palace (41km); Paris tour St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (44km); Seine Banks, Paris (45km)
Most Beautiful Village La Roche-Guyon (25km); Lyons-la-Foret (44km)
National Monument Villa Savoye (27km); Chateau de Maisons (28km); Basilica of Saint-Denis (39km); Arc de Triomphe (41km); Saint Cloud Parc (41km); Maison des Jardies (41km); Chapelle Expiatoire (42km); Conciergerie (44km); Sainte-Chapelle (44km); Notre Dame cathedral (45km); Pantheon (45km); Vincennes Chateau (50km)
Recommended Detour L'Isle-Adam (21km)
Regional Natural Parc Vexin Francais (6km)
Religious Monument Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) (17km); Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais de Gisors (Gisors) (18km); Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Auvers-sur-Oise) (19km); Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) (20km); Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) (21km); Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (21km); Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (26km); Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (27km); Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure et Eglise de Saint Pierre (Precy-sur-Oise) (31km); Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (32km); Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) (32km); Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (32km); Abbaye Cistercienne de Royaumont (Asnieres-sur-Oise) (33km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (34km); Abbaye Saint Germer de Fly (Saint-Germer-de-Fly) (34km); Abbatiale Saint Nicolas (Saint-Leu-d'Esserent) (35km); Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (35km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (36km); Basilique de Saint Denis (Saint-Denis) (39km); Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (43km); Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (43km); Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (44km); Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (45km); Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (48km)
Remarkable Garden Domaine du château d'Ambleville (18km); Domaine de Villarceaux (20km); Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (31km); Jardin de Claude Monet (31km); Jardin du musée d’art américain (32km); Parc de l'abbaye de Royaumont (32km); Parc du château de Thoiry (34km); Domaine de la Malmaison (36km); Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (38km); Jardin et parc du château de Chantilly (38km); Potager des Princes (39km); Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (41km); Parc de Versailles (41km); Potager du roi, Versailles (41km); Jardin du Palais-Royal (43km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Saint-Germain-en-Laye (31km); Versailles (42km)
Theme Park Parc Saint Paul (30km)
Town Of Art And History Pontoise (16km); Chantilly (38km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Beauvais (32km); Soisy-sous-Montmorency (32km); Le Vesinet (32km); Rueil-Malmaison (35km); Courbevoie (37km); Levallois-Perret (38km); Remerangles (40km); Lyons-la-Foret (44km); Meudon (44km); Aulnay-sous-Bois (47km); Maisons-Alfort (53km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Thoiry (34km); Jardin d'acclimatation (Paris) (39km); Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes (46km); Parc zoologique de Vincennes (50km)
Map of places to visit near Chars & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Chars
Canton: Marines
Arrondissement: Pontoise
Department: Val-d'Oise
Region: Paris
Postcode: 95750
Distance to Chars
from Cergy (local prefecture): 16 km
from Paris: 45 km
from Calais: 199 km
from Nice: 730 km
from Bordeaux: 517 km
from Strasbourg: 429 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Chars): Bouconvillers, Breancon, Brignancourt, Chavencon, Commeny, Cormeilles-en-Vexin, Fremecourt, Gouzangrez, Lavilletertre, Le Bellay-en-Vexin, Le Heaulme, Le Perchay, Lierville, Marines, Monneville, Moussy, Neuilly-en-Vexin, Neuville-Bosc and Santeuil.
Getting here
For driving distances to Chars from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Chars