Versailles travel guide
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Visit Versailles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Versailles is situated in the Yvelines department (Paris region) in the of France at 5430 km from , the department capital. (General information: Versailles is 17 km from Paris and 240 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Versailles Palace at 1 km from Versailles
Popular places to visit near Versailles: these include Versailles Palace at 1 km and Eiffel Tower at 14 km.
Potager du roi, Versailles is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km and Parc de Versailles is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 1km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Versailles: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*; Versailles 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 Versailles, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Versailles
Note that all distances from Versailles shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Versailles holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Versailles (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 gites in France
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 Versailles and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Potager du roi, Versailles (1km) : Parc de Versailles (1km) : Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (6km) : Domaine de la Malmaison (8km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (10km) : Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (11km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (13km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (16km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (16km) : Jardin du Palais-Royal (17km) :
- National Monuments: Maison des Jardies (6km) : Saint Cloud Parc (6km) : Arc de Triomphe (14km) : Villa Savoye (15km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (16km) : Chateau de Maisons (16km) : Pantheon (17km) : Notre Dame cathedral (17km) : Conciergerie (17km) : Sainte-Chapelle (17km) :
- Beautiful Villages: La Roche-Guyon (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (7km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (7km) : Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (9km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (10km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (10km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (14km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (16km) : Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (16km) : Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (17km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (17km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Velizy-Villacoublay (4km) : Meudon (8km) : Rueil-Malmaison (9km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (10km) : Le Vesinet (10km) : Courbevoie (14km) : Levallois-Perret (15km) : Maisons-Alfort (22km) : Soisy-sous-Montmorency (24km) : Creteil (25km) :
- Heritage Sites: Seine Banks, Paris (17km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Pontoise (28km) : Rambouillet (29km) : Noisiel (37km) : Etampes (41km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (36km) :
Map of places to visit near Versailles & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Versailles
Canton: Versailles
Arrondissement: Versailles
Department: Yvelines
Region: Paris
Postcode: 78000
Distance to Versailles
from : 5430 km
from Paris: 17 km
from Calais: 240 km
from Nice: 691 km
from Bordeaux: 487 km
from Strasbourg: 413 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 18 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Versailles): Bailly, Buc, Chaville, Garches, Guyancourt, Jouy-en-Josas, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Le Chesnay, Les Loges-en-Josas, Marnes-la-Coquette, Noisy-le-Roi, Rocquencourt, Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole, Vaucresson, Velizy-Villacoublay, Ville-d'Avray, Viroflay and Voisins-le-Bretonneux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Versailles from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Versailles