Soissons travel guide
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Visit Soissons: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Soissons is situated in the Aisne department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 31 km from Laon, the department capital. (General information: Soissons is 92 km from Paris and 204 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Soissons
Popular places to visit near Soissons: these include Soissons at 1 km and La Ferte-Milon at 27 km.
Soissons is a listed 'town of art and history' at 1km and Eglise de Berzy-le-Sec (Berzy-le-sec) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Soissons: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Soissons, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Soissons
See France This Way travel guides for Aisne and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Soissons.
Note that all distances from Soissons shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Soissons holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Soissons (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 Aisne 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 Soissons and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château de la Muette (25km) : Jardin du donjon de Vez (27km) : Parc du château de Compiègne (37km) :
- National Monuments: Chateau Coucy (16km) : Pierrefonds Chateau (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Berzy-le-Sec (Berzy-le-sec) (5km) : Eglise abbatiale de Notre Dame (Morienval) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Sulpice (Bethancourt-en-Valois) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Gilocourt) (35km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vivaise (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Soissons (1km) : Laon (29km) : Noyon (33km) :
Map of places to visit near Soissons & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Soissons
Canton: Soissons
Arrondissement: Soissons
Department: Aisne
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 02200
Distance to Soissons
from Laon: 31 km
from Paris: 92 km
from Calais: 204 km
from Nice: 699 km
from Bordeaux: 585 km
from Strasbourg: 334 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 25 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Soissons): Acy, Belleu, Berzy-le-Sec, Billy-sur-Aisne, Braye, Bucy-le-Long, Chavigny, Clamecy, Courmelles, Crouy, Cuffies, Leury, Mercin-et-Vaux, Missy-Aux-Bois, Noyant-et-Aconin, Pasly, Ploisy, Pommiers, Rozieres-sur-Crise, Saconin-et-Breuil, Septmonts, Vauxbuin, Venizel, Villeneuve-Saint-Germain and Vuillery.
Getting here
For driving distances to Soissons from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Soissons