Senlis travel guide
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Visit Senlis: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Senlis is situated in the Oise department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 44 km from Beauvais, the department capital. (General information: Senlis is 43 km from Paris and 201 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Senlis
Popular places to visit near Senlis: these include La Ferte-Milon at 39 km and Montmartre at 40 km.
Parc du château de Valgenceuse is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km and Oise-Pays de France is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Senlis: Senlis has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Senlis, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Senlis
See France This Way travel guides for Oise and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Senlis.
Note that all distances from Senlis shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Senlis holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Senlis (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 Picardy and 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 Senlis and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Valgenceuse (1km) : Potager des Princes (8km) : Jardin et parc du château de Chantilly (9km) : Parc de l'abbaye de Royaumont (16km) : Parc du château de Compiègne (29km) : Jardin du donjon de Vez (30km) : Jardin du château de la Muette (33km) : Domaine national de Champs-sur-Marne (39km) : Jardin du Palais-Royal (42km) : Domaine de la Malmaison (48km) :
- National Monuments: Pierrefonds Chateau (32km) : Basilica of Saint-Denis (34km) : Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (39km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (42km) : Vincennes Chateau (42km) : Arc de Triomphe (43km) : Conciergerie (43km) : Sainte-Chapelle (43km) : Notre Dame cathedral (43km) : Chateau de Maisons (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Chaalis (Fontaine-Chaalis) (10km) : Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Moncel (Pontpoint) (11km) : Abbatiale Saint Nicolas (Saint-Leu-d'Esserent) (13km) : Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure et Eglise de Saint Pierre (Precy-sur-Oise) (16km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Royaumont (Asnieres-sur-Oise) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gilocourt) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Sulpice (Bethancourt-en-Valois) (23km) : Eglise abbatiale de Notre Dame (Morienval) (26km) : Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) (33km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Soisy-sous-Montmorency (32km) : Livry-Gargan (32km) : Aulnay-sous-Bois (32km) : Meaux (35km) : Remerangles (35km) : Gagny (36km) : Levallois-Perret (41km) : Courbevoie (42km) : Beauvais (44km) : Maisons-Alfort (47km) :
- Heritage Sites: Seine Banks, Paris (43km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chantilly (9km) : Noisiel (39km) : Pontoise (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (28km) :
Map of places to visit near Senlis & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Senlis
Canton: Senlis
Arrondissement: Senlis
Department: Oise
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 60300
Distance to Senlis
from Beauvais: 44 km
from Paris: 43 km
from Calais: 201 km
from Nice: 709 km
from Bordeaux: 542 km
from Strasbourg: 383 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Senlis): Apremont, Aumont-en-Halatte, Avilly-Saint-Leonard, Barbery, Borest, Chamant, Courteuil, Fleurines, Mont-l'Eveque, Ognon and Villers-Saint-Frambourg.
Getting here
For driving distances to Senlis from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Senlis