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Visit Orsay: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Orsay is situated in the Essonne department (Paris region) in the of France at 5419 km from , the department capital. (General information: Orsay is 21 km from Paris and 251 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Versailles Palace at 13 km from Orsay

Popular places to visit near Orsay: these include Versailles Palace at 13 km and Catacombs at 18 km.

Parc du château de Beauregard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Orsay, France

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

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

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 Orsay and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Beauregard (5km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (10km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (11km) : Parc de Courson (11km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (12km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (13km) : Parc de Versailles (13km) : Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (15km) : Domaine de la Malmaison (19km) : Parc de Chamarande (21km) :
2. National Monuments: Maison des Jardies (14km) : Saint Cloud Parc (15km) : Pantheon (20km) : Arc de Triomphe (21km) : Sainte-Chapelle (21km) : Notre Dame cathedral (21km) : Conciergerie (21km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (22km) : Vincennes Chateau (24km) : Rambouillet Chateau (27km) :
3. Religious monuments: Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (19km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (19km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (19km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (21km) : Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (21km) : Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (21km) : Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (22km) :
4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Velizy-Villacoublay (10km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (10km) : Meudon (13km) : Rueil-Malmaison (20km) : Maisons-Alfort (21km) : Courbevoie (22km) : Le Vesinet (22km) : Levallois-Perret (23km) : Creteil (23km) : Gagny (33km) :
5. Heritage Sites: Versailles Palace (12km) : Seine Banks, Paris (21km) :
6. Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (27km) : Etampes (29km) : Noisiel (37km) : Pontoise (40km) :
7. Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (47km) :

Map of places to visit near Orsay & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Orsay

Canton: Orsay

Arrondissement: Palaiseau

Department: Essonne

Region: Paris

Postcode: 91400

Distance to Orsay

from : 5419 km

from Paris: 21 km

from Calais: 251 km

from Nice: 679 km

from Bordeaux: 478 km

from Strasbourg: 409 km

* distances are direct not by road!

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

More information

We have 20 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orsay): Bures-sur-Yvette, Gif-sur-Yvette, Gometz-la-Ville, Gometz-le-Chatel, Igny, Janvry, La Ville-du-Bois, Les Ulis, Nozay, Palaiseau, Saclay, Saint-Aubin, Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard, Saulx-les-Chartreux, Toussus-le-Noble, Vauhallan, Verrieres-le-Buisson, Villebon-sur-Yvette, Villejust and Villiers-le-Bacle.

Getting here

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

This page in French: Visitez Orsay