Gif-sur-Yvette travel guide
Visit Gif-sur-Yvette: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Versailles Palace at 11 km from Gif-sur-Yvette
Location: Gif-sur-Yvette is situated in the Essonne department (Paris region) in the of France at 5419 km from , the department capital. (General information: Gif-sur-Yvette is 23 km from Paris and 251 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Gif-sur-Yvette: weekly market: Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Gif-sur-Yvette: these include Versailles Palace at 11 km and Catacombs at 21 km. Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) is a listed religious monument at 4 km and Parc du château de Beauregard is a listed remarkable garden at 5 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 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Gif-sur-Yvette
Note that all distances from Gif-sur-Yvette shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Gif-sur-Yvette holidays and travel
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Markets near Gif-sur-Yvette
- Gif-sur-Yvette: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (0km)
- Orsay: market every Sunday & Friday (4km)
- Igny: market every Thursday & Sunday (7km)
- Bievres: market every Wednesday (8km)
- Palaiseau: market every Thursday & Sunday (8km)
- Montigny-le-Bretonneux: market every Saturday all day (10km)
- Massy: market every Tuesday & Friday (11km)
- Longjumeau: market every Wednesday & Saturday (12km)
- Montlhery: market every Monday (12km)
- Chatenay-Malabry: market every Wednesday & Saturday (13km)
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 Gif-sur-Yvette and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Gif-sur-Yvette map below.
Paris Versailles Palace (11km); Maison des Jardies (15km); Saint Cloud Parc (15km); Catacombs (21km); Eiffel Tower (21km); Rodin Museum (22km); Hotel des Invalides (22km); Palais Bourbon (22km); Pantheon (22km); Arc de Triomphe (22km); Grand Palais (23km); Petit Palais (23km); Orsay Museum (23km); Champs-Elysees (23km); Place de la Concorde (23km); Jardin des Tuileries (23km); Jardin des Plantes (23km); Pont-Neuf (23km); Sainte-Chapelle (23km); Notre Dame cathedral (23km); The Louvre (23km); Conciergerie (23km); Eglise de la Madeleine (23km); Place Vendome (23km); Palais Royal (23km); Hotel de Ville (town hall) (24km); Parc Monceau (24km); Chapelle Expiatoire (24km); Saint-Eustache (24km); Paris Opera (24km); Place de la Bastille (24km); Place des Vosges (24km); Montmartre (26km); Montmartre district (26km); Basilica de Sacre Coeur (26km); Villa Savoye (26km); Vincennes Chateau (27km); Chateau de Maisons (27km); Parc de la Villette (28km); Basilica of Saint-Denis (31km); Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (39km)
Aquarium Cinéaqua (21km); Centre de la mer et des eaux (22km); Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dor (25km)
Heritage Site Versailles Palace (11km); Seine Banks, Paris (23km); Paris tour St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (24km)
National Monument Maison des Jardies (15km); Saint Cloud Parc (15km); Pantheon (22km); Arc de Triomphe (22km); Rambouillet Chateau (23km); Sainte-Chapelle (23km); Notre Dame cathedral (23km); Conciergerie (23km); Chapelle Expiatoire (24km); Villa Savoye (26km); Vincennes Chateau (27km); Chateau de Maisons (27km); Basilica of Saint-Denis (31km); Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (39km)
Regional Natural Parc Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (12km); Gatinais Francais (41km)
Religious Monument Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (4km); Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (14km); Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (18km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (18km); Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (20km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (21km); Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (22km); Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (23km); Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (23km); Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (23km); Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (24km); Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (26km); Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (26km); Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (27km); Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (30km); Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (30km); Basilique de Saint Denis (Saint-Denis) (31km); Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (31km); Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (32km); Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) (38km); Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) (43km)
Remarkable Garden Parc du château de Beauregard (5km); Parc du château de Breteuil (8km); Parc de Versailles (11km); Potager du roi, Versailles (11km); Parc de Courson (11km); Maison de Chateaubriand (12km); Parc du domaine de Sceaux (14km); Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (15km); Domaine de la Malmaison (19km); Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (22km); Parc de Chamarande (22km); Jardin du Palais-Royal (24km); Domaine national de Rambouillet (24km); Parc du château de Groussay (24km); Parc du château de Thoiry (30km); Parc du château de Courances (38km); Domaine national de Champs-sur-Marne (39km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Versailles (11km); Saint-Germain-en-Laye (22km)
Town Of Art And History Rambouillet (23km); Etampes (30km); Pontoise (39km); Noisiel (40km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Velizy-Villacoublay (10km); Le Plessis-Robinson (13km); Meudon (14km); Rueil-Malmaison (20km); Le Vesinet (21km); Courbevoie (23km); Levallois-Perret (24km); Maisons-Alfort (25km); Creteil (26km); Soisy-sous-Montmorency (34km); Gagny (36km); Aulnay-sous-Bois (36km); Livry-Gargan (38km); Le Mee-sur-Seine (42km); Melun (43km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Jardin d'acclimatation (Paris) (22km); Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes (23km); Parc zoologique de Vincennes (26km); Parc zoologique de Thoiry (31km)
Map of places to visit near Gif-sur-Yvette & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gif-sur-Yvette
Canton: Gif-sur-Yvette
Arrondissement: Palaiseau
Department: Essonne
Region: Paris
Postcode: 91190
Distance to Gif-sur-Yvette
from (local prefecture): 5419 km
from Paris: 23 km
from Calais: 251 km
from Nice: 682 km
from Bordeaux: 477 km
from Strasbourg: 413 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Gif-sur-Yvette): Boullay-les-Troux, Bures-sur-Yvette, Chateaufort, Gometz-la-Ville, Gometz-le-Chatel, Les Molieres, Les Ulis, Magny-les-Hameaux, Orsay, Saclay, Saint-Aubin, Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard, Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, Toussus-le-Noble, Vauhallan and Villiers-le-Bacle.
Getting here
For driving distances to Gif-sur-Yvette from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Gif-sur-Yvette