Rouen travel guide
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Visit Rouen: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rouen is situated in the Seine-Maritime department (Normandy region) in the north of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Seine-Maritime department. (General information: Rouen is 112 km from Paris and 180 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Rouen (page also includes a photo gallery for Rouen)
Rouen reviews and comments:
We found this play area in the center of Rouen, very restful after a day walking with the children.
It was a very welcome chance to enjoy a snack while the children enjoyed themselves, with lots of children games and a trampoline, at 12 rue de l'Ecureuil and called KIDS WORLD.
Rouen, France Rating: 5/5 Reviewed by Walsh on
Popular places to visit near Rouen: these include Rouen at 4 km and La Bouille at 12 km.
Rouen is a listed 'town of art and history' at 4km and Abbaye Saint Georges de Boscherville (Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville) 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 Rouen: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Rouen has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Rouen, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rouen
See France This Way travel guides for Seine-Maritime and Normandy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rouen.
Note that all distances from Rouen shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rouen holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rouen (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 Seine-Maritime 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 Rouen and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Abbaye Saint-Georges (8km) : Parc du manoir de Villers (10km) : Jardin Plume (18km) : Jardins du château de Vandrimare (21km) : Clos du Coudray (27km) : Jardin de Bellevue (31km) : Jardins du château du Champ de Bataille (31km) : Jardins de Bosmelet (32km) : Arboretum d'Harcourt (33km) : Parc de Galleville (40km) :
- National Monuments: Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (32km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Georges de Boscherville (Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville) (8km) : Abbaye de Jumièges (Jumieges) (18km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Montville (15km) : Lyons-la-Foret (30km) : Autretot (36km) : Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (37km) : Pont-Audemer (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rouen (4km) : Elbeuf (14km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Forges-les-Eaux (41km) :
Map of places to visit near Rouen & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rouen
Canton: Rouen
Arrondissement: Rouen
Department: Seine-Maritime
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 76000
Distance to Rouen
from Rouen: 0 km
from Paris: 112 km
from Calais: 180 km
from Nice: 792 km
from Bordeaux: 524 km
from Strasbourg: 496 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 Rouen): Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie, Belbeuf, Bihorel, Bonsecours, Canteleu, Le Grand-Quevilly, Le Mesnil-Esnard, Le Petit-Quevilly, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Montigny, Petit-Couronne, Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Sotteville-les-Rouen and Val-de-la-Haye.
Getting here
Seine-Maritime is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, with Le Havre and Dieppe on the coast here being very convenient. For driving distances to Rouen from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rouen