Fontenay travel guide
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Visit Fontenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
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).
Note: The photo above was taken in Chateau Gaillard at 12 km from Fontenay
Popular places to visit near Fontenay: these include Chateau Gaillard at 12 km and Giverny Gardens at 15 km.
Domaine du château d'Ambleville is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Domaine de Villarceaux is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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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 hotels in and near to Fontenay (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 Normandy and Eure 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 Fontenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine du château d'Ambleville (11km) : Domaine de Villarceaux (13km) : Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (15km) : Jardin de Claude Monet (15km) : Jardin du musée d’art américain (15km) : Jardins du château de Vandrimare (25km) : Les jardins du château de Miserey (30km) : Jardin Plume (32km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (42km) :
- National Monuments: Villa Savoye (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Roche-Guyon (15km) : Gerberoy (41km) :
- Religious monuments: 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) : Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (45km) : Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) (47km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Auvers-sur-Oise) (47km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Lyons-la-Foret (22km) : Beauvais (44km) : Mureaumont (49km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Elbeuf (42km) : Pontoise (42km) : Rouen (43km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Forges-les-Eaux (45km) : L'Isle-Adam (49km) :
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: 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!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
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