Fontenay travel guide
Visit Fontenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau Gaillard at 12 km from Fontenay
Location: Fontenay is situated in the Eure department (Normandy region) in the north of France at 38 km from Evreux, the department capital. (General information: Fontenay is 69 km from Paris and 194 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Fontenay: these include Chateau Gaillard at 12 km and La Roche-Guyon at 15 km. Domaine du château d'Ambleville is a listed remarkable garden at 11 km and Domaine de Villarceaux is a listed remarkable garden at 13 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 Fontenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontenay
See France This Way travel guides for Eure and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Fontenay.
Note that all distances from Fontenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontenay 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 Normandy and Eure gites and villas
Markets near Fontenay
- Les Andelys: market every Saturday all day (13km)
- Vernon: market every Wednesday & Saturday all day (15km)
- Gisors: market every Monday all day & Friday (17km)
- Gaillon: market every Tuesday (18km)
- Bonnieres-sur-Seine: market every Sunday (19km)
- Fleury-sur-Andelle: market every Tuesday (23km)
- Pacy-sur-Eure: market every Thursday (26km)
- Mantes-la-Jolie: market every Wednesday & Saturday (27km)
- Buchelay: market every Friday (27km)
- Mantes-la-Ville: market every Thursday (28km)
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 Fontenay and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Fontenay map below.
Paris Villa Savoye (46km)
Most Beautiful Village La Roche-Guyon (15km); Lyons-la-Foret (22km); Gerberoy (41km)
National Monument Villa Savoye (46km)
Regional Natural Parc Vexin Francais (26km)
Religious Monument Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais de Gisors (Gisors) (17km); Abbaye Saint Germer de Fly (Saint-Germer-de-Fly) (30km); Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) (43km); Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (44km); Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) (44km); Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (45km); Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (46km); Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (47km); Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (52km); Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (55km)
Remarkable Garden Domaine du château d'Ambleville (11km); Domaine de Villarceaux (13km); Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (15km); Jardin du musée d’art américain (15km); Jardin de Claude Monet (15km); Jardins du château de Vandrimare (25km); Les jardins du château de Miserey (30km); Jardin Plume (32km); Parc du château de Thoiry (42km); Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (52km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Rouen (43km); Saint-Germain-en-Laye (51km)
Theme Park Parc Saint Paul (38km)
Town Of Art And History Pontoise (42km); Rouen (43km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Lyons-la-Foret (22km); Beauvais (44km); Montville (52km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Thoiry (42km)
Map of places to visit near Fontenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontenay
Canton: Écos
Arrondissement: Andelys
Department: Eure
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 27510
Distance to Fontenay
from Evreux (local prefecture): 38 km
from Paris: 69 km
from Calais: 194 km
from Nice: 751 km
from Bordeaux: 513 km
from Strasbourg: 457 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontenay): Authevernes, Cahaignes, Cantiers, Civieres, Dampsmesnil, Ecos, Foret-la-Folie, Fours-en-Vexin, Guitry, Mezieres-en-Vexin, Mouflaines, Tourny, Vesly and Villers-en-Vexin.
Getting here
Eure is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, often from the ferry ports at Cherbourg or Caen on the coast here For driving distances to Fontenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontenay