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Vincennes travel guide

Visit Vincennes: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Vincennes is situated in the Val-de-Marne department (Paris region) in the of France at 5436 km from , the department capital. (General information: Vincennes is 7 km from Paris and 237 km from the port at Calais).

Popular places to visit near Vincennes: these include Paris at 7 km and Montmartre at 8 km.

Vincennes Chateau is a listed 'national monument' at 1km and Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) is a listed 'religious monument' at 3km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Vincennes: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vincennes, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vincennes

Note that all distances from Vincennes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

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 Vincennes and wondering what to do next!

1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Palais-Royal (8km) : Domaine national de Champs-sur-Marne (12km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (14km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (15km) : Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (18km) : Domaine de la Malmaison (20km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (24km) : Parc de Versailles (24km) : Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (26km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (29km) :
2. National Monuments: Vincennes Chateau (1km) : Pantheon (7km) : Conciergerie (7km) : Notre Dame cathedral (7km) : Sainte-Chapelle (7km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (9km) : Arc de Triomphe (11km) : Basilica of Saint-Denis (11km) : Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (12km) : Saint Cloud Parc (18km) :
3. Religious monuments: Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (3km) : Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (6km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (8km) : Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (8km) : Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (8km) : Basilique de Saint Denis (Saint-Denis) (11km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (21km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (22km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (24km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (27km) :
4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Maisons-Alfort (5km) : Creteil (8km) : Gagny (8km) : Aulnay-sous-Bois (10km) : Livry-Gargan (11km) : Levallois-Perret (12km) : Courbevoie (15km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (15km) : Meudon (15km) : Rueil-Malmaison (19km) :
5. Heritage Sites: Seine Banks, Paris (7km) : Versailles Palace (23km) :
6. Towns of Art and History: Noisiel (14km) : Pontoise (34km) : Chantilly (38km) :
7. Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (33km) :

Map of places to visit near Vincennes & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Vincennes

Canton: Vincennes

Arrondissement: Nogent-sur-Marne

Department: Val-de-Marne

Region: Paris

Postcode: 94300

Distance to Vincennes

from : 5436 km

from Paris: 7 km

from Calais: 237 km

from Nice: 682 km

from Bordeaux: 501 km

from Strasbourg: 390 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 24 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vincennes): Bagnolet, Bondy, Bry-sur-Marne, Champigny-sur-Marne, Charenton-le-Pont, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Ivry-sur-Seine, Joinville-le-Pont, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Le Pre-Saint-Gervais, Le Raincy, Les Lilas, Maisons-Alfort, Montreuil, Neuilly-Plaisance, Nogent-sur-Marne, Noisy-le-Sec, Pantin, Romainville, Rosny-sous-Bois, Saint-Mande, Saint-Maur-Des-Fosses, Saint-Maurice and Villemomble.

Getting here

For driving distances to Vincennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Vincennes