Pontoise travel guide
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Visit Pontoise: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pontoise is situated in the Val-d'Oise department (Paris region) in the Paris region of France at 4 km from Cergy, the department capital. (General information: Pontoise is 28 km from Paris and 212 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montmartre at 25 km from Pontoise
Popular places to visit near Pontoise: these include Montmartre at 25 km and Basilica de Sacre Coeur at 25 km.
Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) is a listed 'religious monument' at 1km and Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Auvers-sur-Oise) is a listed 'religious monument' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Pontoise: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Pontoise, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pontoise
Note that all distances from Pontoise shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pontoise holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pontoise (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 Val-d'Oise 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 Pontoise and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (17km) : Domaine de la Malmaison (21km) : Parc de l'abbaye de Royaumont (23km) : Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (25km) : Parc de Versailles (27km) : Jardin du Palais-Royal (27km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (27km) : Parc du château de Thoiry (30km) : Domaine de Villarceaux (31km) : Jardin et parc du château de Chantilly (31km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau de Maisons (12km) : Villa Savoye (15km) : Basilica of Saint-Denis (23km) : Arc de Triomphe (24km) : Saint Cloud Parc (25km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (25km) : Maison des Jardies (26km) : Notre Dame cathedral (28km) : Conciergerie (28km) : Sainte-Chapelle (28km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Roche-Guyon (34km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) (1km) : Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Auvers-sur-Oise) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (6km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) (6km) : Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) (8km) : Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (14km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (17km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (19km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (21km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Soisy-sous-Montmorency (16km) : Le Vesinet (18km) : Rueil-Malmaison (20km) : Courbevoie (21km) : Levallois-Perret (22km) : Meudon (28km) : Velizy-Villacoublay (30km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (32km) : Aulnay-sous-Bois (32km) : Livry-Gargan (35km) :
- Heritage Sites: Versailles Palace (27km) : Seine Banks, Paris (28km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chantilly (31km) : Noisiel (44km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (12km) :
Map of places to visit near Pontoise & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pontoise
Canton: Pontoise
Arrondissement: Pontoise
Department: Val-d'Oise
Region: Paris
Postcode: 95000
Distance to Pontoise
from Cergy: 4 km
from Paris: 28 km
from Calais: 212 km
from Nice: 714 km
from Bordeaux: 511 km
from Strasbourg: 417 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pontoise): Auvers-sur-Oise, Boissy-l'Aillerie, Cergy, Ennery, Eragny, Genicourt, Herouville, Jouy-le-Moutier, Livilliers, Maurecourt, Neuville-sur-Oise, Osny, Pierrelaye, Puiseux-Pontoise, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone and Vaureal.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pontoise from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pontoise