Versailles travel guide
Visit Versailles: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Versailles Palace at 1 km from Versailles
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).
Tourist classifications for Versailles: Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé) (see also historical French towns);
Popular places to visit near Versailles: these include Versailles Palace at 1 km and Eiffel Tower at 14 km. Versailles Palace is a listed heritage site at 0 km and Versailles Palace is a listed Paris at 1 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Versailles
- Le Chesnay: market every Wednesday & Saturday (2km)
- Bailly: market every Wednesday & Saturday (6km)
- La Celle-Saint-Cloud: market every Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (6km)
- Garches: market every Saturday (6km)
- Fontenay-le-Fleury: market every Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (6km)
- Montigny-le-Bretonneux: market every Saturday all day (8km)
- Marly-le-Roi: market every Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (8km)
- Bievres: market every Wednesday (8km)
- Boulogne-Billancourt: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Sunday & Saturday & Friday (9km)
- Issy-les-Moulineaux: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday & (9km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Versailles map below.
Paris Versailles Palace (1km); Maison des Jardies (6km); Saint Cloud Parc (6km); Eiffel Tower (14km); Arc de Triomphe (14km); Hotel des Invalides (15km); Rodin Museum (15km); Grand Palais (15km); Catacombs (15km); Petit Palais (15km); Champs-Elysees (15km); Palais Bourbon (15km); Villa Savoye (15km); Place de la Concorde (16km); Parc Monceau (16km); Orsay Museum (16km); Jardin des Tuileries (16km); Eglise de la Madeleine (16km); Chapelle Expiatoire (16km); Chateau de Maisons (16km); Place Vendome (16km); The Louvre (16km); Pantheon (17km); Pont-Neuf (17km); Palais Royal (17km); Paris Opera (17km); Sainte-Chapelle (17km); Conciergerie (17km); Notre Dame cathedral (17km); Saint-Eustache (17km); Hotel de Ville (town hall) (17km); Jardin des Plantes (17km); Montmartre (18km); Montmartre district (18km); Basilica de Sacre Coeur (18km); Place des Vosges (18km); Place de la Bastille (18km); Parc de la Villette (22km); Basilica of Saint-Denis (22km); Vincennes Chateau (23km); Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (35km)
Aquarium Cinéaqua (14km); Centre de la mer et des eaux (16km); Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dor (21km)
Heritage Site Versailles Palace (0km); Paris tour St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (17km); Seine Banks, Paris (17km)
Most Beautiful Village La Roche-Guyon (48km)
National Monument Maison des Jardies (6km); Saint Cloud Parc (6km); Arc de Triomphe (14km); Villa Savoye (15km); Chapelle Expiatoire (16km); Chateau de Maisons (16km); Pantheon (17km); Sainte-Chapelle (17km); Conciergerie (17km); Notre Dame cathedral (17km); Basilica of Saint-Denis (22km); Vincennes Chateau (23km); Rambouillet Chateau (28km); Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (35km)
Recommended Detour L'Isle-Adam (36km)
Regional Natural Parc Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (18km); Vexin Francais (38km)
Religious Monument Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (7km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (7km); Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (9km); Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (10km); Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (10km); Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (14km); Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (16km); Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (16km); Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (17km); Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (17km); Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (17km); Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (18km); Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (19km); Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (21km); Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (21km); Basilique de Saint Denis (Saint-Denis) (22km); Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) (27km); Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) (29km); Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Auvers-sur-Oise) (30km); Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) (31km); Abbaye Cistercienne de Royaumont (Asnieres-sur-Oise) (40km); Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) (49km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de Versailles (1km); Potager du roi, 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 Breteuil (16km); Parc du château de Beauregard (16km); Jardin du Palais-Royal (17km); Parc de Courson (23km); Parc du château de Groussay (23km); Parc du château de Thoiry (25km); Domaine national de Rambouillet (29km); Parc de Chamarande (33km); Domaine national de Champs-sur-Marne (35km); Parc de l'abbaye de Royaumont (43km); Domaine de Villarceaux (48km); Domaine du château d'Ambleville (50km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Saint-Germain-en-Laye (11km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Foret de Ermenonville (54km)
Theme Park Parc Asterix (49km)
Town Of Art And History Pontoise (28km); Rambouillet (29km); Noisiel (37km)
Ville Fleurie 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); Aulnay-sous-Bois (30km); Gagny (31km); Livry-Gargan (32km); Le Mee-sur-Seine (47km); Melun (48km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Jardin d'acclimatation (Paris) (13km); Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes (17km); Parc zoologique de Vincennes (21km); Parc zoologique de Thoiry (25km)
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 (local prefecture): 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!
More information
We have found 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