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Visit Nanterre: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Nanterre is situated in the Hauts-de-Seine department (Paris region) in the of France at 5440 km from , the department capital. (General information: Nanterre is 11 km from Paris and 230 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Eiffel Tower at 8 km from Nanterre

Popular places to visit near Nanterre: these include Eiffel Tower at 8 km and Eglise de la Madeleine at 9 km.

Rueil-Malmaison is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 2km and Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Nanterre: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Nanterre, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nanterre

photo of Paris
Paris 11km
photo of Senlis
Senlis 45km

Note that all distances from Nanterre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Nanterre holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nanterre (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 Nanterre and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine de la Malmaison (4km) : Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (7km) : Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (8km) : Jardin du Palais-Royal (10km) : Parc de Versailles (12km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (12km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (14km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (15km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (26km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (27km) :
  2. National Monuments: Saint Cloud Parc (7km) : Chateau de Maisons (7km) : Maison des Jardies (7km) : Arc de Triomphe (7km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (9km) : Conciergerie (11km) : Pantheon (11km) : Notre Dame cathedral (11km) : Sainte-Chapelle (11km) : Basilica of Saint-Denis (12km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: La Roche-Guyon (47km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (3km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (9km) : Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (10km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (10km) : Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (10km) : Basilique de Saint Denis (Saint-Denis) (12km) : Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (12km) : Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (13km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Rueil-Malmaison (2km) : Courbevoie (4km) : Le Vesinet (5km) : Levallois-Perret (6km) : Meudon (9km) : Velizy-Villacoublay (12km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (13km) : Soisy-sous-Montmorency (13km) : Maisons-Alfort (19km) : Aulnay-sous-Bois (21km) :
  6. Heritage Sites: Versailles Palace (11km) : Seine Banks, Paris (11km) :
  7. Towns of Art and History: Pontoise (19km) : Noisiel (31km) : Chantilly (38km) : Rambouillet (39km) :
  8. Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (25km) :

Map of places to visit near Nanterre & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Nanterre

Canton: Nanterre

Arrondissement: Nanterre

Department: Hauts-de-Seine

Region: Paris

Postcode: 92000

Distance to Nanterre

from : 5440 km

from Paris: 11 km

from Calais: 230 km

from Nice: 696 km

from Bordeaux: 498 km

from Strasbourg: 408 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 25 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nanterre): Argenteuil, Bezons, Bois-Colombes, Bougival, Carrieres-sur-Seine, Chatou, Colombes, Courbevoie, Croissy-sur-Seine, Garches, Houilles, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, La Garenne-Colombes, Le Vesinet, Levallois-Perret, Maisons-Laffitte, Mesnil-le-Roi, Montesson, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison, Saint-Cloud, Sartrouville, Suresnes and Vaucresson.

Getting here

For driving distances to Nanterre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Nanterre