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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);

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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

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Rouen 4km
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Evreux 44km

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!

  1. '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) :
  2. National Monuments: Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (32km) :
  3. Religious monuments: Abbaye Saint Georges de Boscherville (Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville) (8km) : Abbaye de Jumièges (Jumieges) (18km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Montville (15km) : Lyons-la-Foret (30km) : Autretot (36km) : Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (37km) : Pont-Audemer (40km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Rouen (4km) : Elbeuf (14km) :
  6. 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