Dourdan travel guide
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Visit Dourdan: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Dourdan is situated in the Essonne department (Paris region) in the of France at 5399 km from , the department capital. (General information: Dourdan is 44 km from Paris and 269 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Versailles Palace at 32 km from Dourdan
Dourdan reviews and comments:
At 9 km from Dourdan at St Arnoult in Yvelines you can visit the house of the writers Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. As well as the house, which is an old mill, and a park, there are regulqr exhibitions and activities. not to be missed.
Dourdan, France Rating: 4/5 Reviewed by Véronique on
Popular places to visit near Dourdan: these include Versailles Palace at 32 km and Chartres Cathedral at 40 km.
Parc de Courson is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km and Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Dourdan: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Dourdan, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Dourdan
Note that all distances from Dourdan shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Dourdan holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Dourdan (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 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 Dourdan and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de Courson (13km) : Parc de Chamarande (16km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (17km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (18km) : Domaine national de Rambouillet (19km) : Parc du château de Groussay (31km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (32km) : Parc de Versailles (32km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (33km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (34km) :
- National Monuments: Rambouillet Chateau (18km) : Maison des Jardies (36km) : Saint Cloud Parc (37km) : Pantheon (43km) : Conciergerie (44km) : Arc de Triomphe (44km) : Notre Dame cathedral (44km) : Sainte-Chapelle (44km) : Villa Savoye (44km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (45km) :
- Religious monuments: Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (15km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (15km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (15km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (18km) : Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (38km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (38km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (39km) : Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Velizy-Villacoublay (31km) : Moutiers (31km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (33km) : Meudon (36km) : Chartres (40km) : Rueil-Malmaison (41km) : Le Vesinet (42km) : Maisons-Alfort (43km) : Courbevoie (44km) : Creteil (44km) :
- Heritage Sites: Versailles Palace (32km) : Chartres Cathedral (40km) : Seine Banks, Paris (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Etampes (16km) : Rambouillet (19km) :
Map of places to visit near Dourdan & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Dourdan
Canton: Dourdan
Arrondissement: Étampes
Department: Essonne
Region: Paris
Postcode: 91410
Distance to Dourdan
from : 5399 km
from Paris: 44 km
from Calais: 269 km
from Nice: 672 km
from Bordeaux: 455 km
from Strasbourg: 422 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Dourdan): Corbreuse, La Foret-le-Roi, Le Val-Saint-Germain, Les Granges-le-Roi, Longvilliers, Rochefort-en-Yvelines, Roinville, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan, Sainte-Mesme and Sermaise.
Getting here
For driving distances to Dourdan from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Dourdan