Fontains tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte at 22 km from Fontains

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Visit Fontains: highlights and tourist information

Fontains is situated in the Seine-et-Marne department and Paris region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Fontains in Paris.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte at 22 km and Moret-sur-Loing at 22 km.

Fontains, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte

Castle at 22 km (direction west)

The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte is one of the most important classical style castles in...

See Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte guide

Moret-sur-Loing

at 22 km (direction south-west)

Moret-sur-Loing is a pleasant town with a historic centre close to Fontainebleau...

See Moret-sur-Loing guide

Provins

Heritage Site at 22 km (direction east)

The small town of Provins has retained a great deal of its medieval heritage,...

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Fontainebleau

Castle at 26 km (direction west-south-west)

The extraordinary decoration of the numerous rooms and royal apartments at Fontainebleau, and the...

See Fontainebleau guide

Sens

at 38 km (direction south-east), in the Yonne department

Sens is an important regional centre dominated by the Cathedral of Saint-Etienne, the first...

See Sens guide

Chateau de Champs-sur-Marne

Castle at 47 km (direction north-west)

The Chateau de Champs-sur-Marne is a beautifully restored 18th century chateau with extensive gardens...

See Chateau de Champs-sur-Marne guide

Meaux

at 49 km (direction north-north-west)

Meaux is visited because of its episcopal city, with a cathedral, chapter house and...

See Meaux guide

Parc Floral de Paris

Garden at 54 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Parc Floral de Paris is a lovely park in the south-east of Paris....

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Chateau de Vincennes

Castle at 54 km (direction west-north-west), in the Val-de-Marne department

The Chateau de Vincennes has an interesting history as an important royal residence for...

See Chateau de Vincennes guide

Pere Lachaise Cemetery

at 58 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Pere Lachaise cemetery is a beautiful cemetery full of well-known figures from France...

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Coulée verte René-Dumont

at 59 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The coulée verte is an old railway line that has been transformed into a...

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Jardin des Plantes de Paris

Garden at 59 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Jardin des Plantes de Paris is a large garden and botanic garden and...

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Greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes

Garden at 59 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes de Paris house tropical plants, cacti and...

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Jardin Tino Rossi

Garden at 59 km (direction west-north-west), in the Paris department

The Tino Rossi garden is both a pretty riverside walk and garden and also...

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... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Seine-et-Marne

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Map of places to visit near Fontains

Markets in and near Fontains

• Nangis: market Wednesday & Saturday (3km)
• Donnemarie-Dontilly: market Monday (10km)
• Mormant: market Thursday (12km)
• Champagne-sur-Seine: market Thursday & Saturday (20km)
• Villeneuve-la-Guyard: market Monday (21km)
• Bray-sur-Seine: market Friday (22km)
• Moret-sur-Loing: market Tuesday (22km)
• Melun: market Wednesday & Thursday & Saturday (25km)
• Fontainebleau: market Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (26km)
• Le Mee-sur-Seine: market Sunday (27km)

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Tourist attractions near Fontains, France

What to do at Fontains? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Fontains.

Aquarium

• Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dor (55km)

Heritage sites

• Fontainebleau Palace (26km)

National Monuments

• Chateau de Motte-Tilly (32km)
• Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (47km)
• Vincennes Chateau (54km)

Other tourist attractions

• Parc de la Villette (61km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Moret-sur-Loing (22km)
• Provins (22km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Gatinais Francais (42km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglises de Saint Loup (Saint-Loup-de-Naud) (15km)
• Collegiale Saint Quiriace (Provins) (22km)
• Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) (27km)
• Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (56km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (22km)
• Domaine national de Fontainebleau (26km)
• Parc du château de Thorigny (39km)
• Parc du château de Courances (40km)
• Jardin botanique de Marnay-sur-Seine (41km)
• Domaine national de Champs-sur-Marne (47km)
• Jardins de Viels-Maisons (50km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Murs à pêches (55km)

Amusement park / theme park

• Disneyland Paris (42km)

Towns of Art and history

• Noisiel (46km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Melun (25km)
• Le Mee-sur-Seine (27km)
• Sens (42km)
• Creteil (48km)
• Maisons-Alfort (52km)
• Gagny (53km)
• Livry-Gargan (55km)
• Aulnay-sous-Bois (58km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc des félins (big cats) (21km)
• Parc zoologique de Vincennes (55km)

Geography and distances

Fontains is in the Paris region of France at 25 kilometres from Melun, the department capital (general information: Fontains is 60 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

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

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Fontenailles, La Chapelle-Rablais, Nangis, Rampillon, Saint-Ouen-en-Brie and Villeneuve-les-Bordes.

This page in French: Visiter Fontains