Les Essarts-le-Roi tourism and travel guide

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Visit Les Essarts-le-Roi: highlights and tourist information

Les Essarts-le-Roi is situated in the Yvelines 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 Les Essarts-le-Roi in Paris.

Popular places to visit nearby include Chateau de Rambouillet at 9 km and The Trianon Estate of the Chateau de Versailles at 20 km.

Les Essarts-le-Roi, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Chateau de Rambouillet

Castle at 9 km (direction south-west)

Once a Royal castle, the Chateau de Rambouillet is now the summer residence for...

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The Trianon Estate of the Chateau de Versailles

at 20 km (direction east-north-east)

The Trianon estate of the Chateau de Versailles has two small palaces and a...

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Gardens of the Chateau de Versailles

Garden at 20 km (direction east-north-east)

The Gardens of the Chateau de Versailles are a remarkable garden famous throughout the...

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Versailles Palace

Castle at 20 km (direction east-north-east)

A short distance outside central Paris, the Palais de Versailles is an enormous and...

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Bois de Boulogne

Garden at 31 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

The Bois de Boulogne is Paris' second biggest park and contains woods and gardens...

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Pont de Bir-Hakeim

at 33 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

The Pont de Bir-Hakeim is a famous bridge in Paris with views of the...

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Porte de Vanves flea market

at 33 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

The Vanves flea market is one of the most popular of the flea markets...

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Eiffel Tower

at 34 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

Built in the late 19th century as a temporary monument, it is extraordinary that...

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Museum of Modern Art in Paris

Museum at 34 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

The Museum of Modern Art in Paris includes works by several important artists including...

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Bourdelle Museum

Museum at 34 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

The Bourdelle Museum commemorates the works of the 20th century sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, pupil...

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Arc de Triomphe

National Monument at 34 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

The Arc de Triomphe is the second largest triumphal arch in the world and...

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Montparnasse Cemetery

at 35 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

The Montparnasse Cemetery is Paris' second largest cemetery and many well known figures are...

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La Galerie Dior

Museum at 35 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

The Galerie Dior houses a sumptuous collection of Dior's creations....

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Rodin Museum

Museum at 35 km (direction east-north-east), in the Paris department

The Rodin Museum is an impressive museum in Paris dedicated to the works of...

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Markets in and near Les Essarts-le-Roi

• Maurepas: market Wednesday & Saturday (7km)
• Montigny-le-Bretonneux: market Saturday all day (12km)
• Les Clayes-sous-Bois: market Thursday & Sunday (14km)
• Fontenay-le-Fleury: market Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (16km)
• Beynes: market Thursday (16km)
• Gif-sur-Yvette: market Wednesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (18km)
• Feucherolles: market Wednesday (19km)
• Bailly: market Wednesday & Saturday (20km)
• Le Chesnay: market Wednesday & Saturday (21km)
• Orsay: market Sunday & Friday (22km)

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Tourist attractions near Les Essarts-le-Roi, France

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

Aquarium

• Cinéaqua (34km)
• Centre de la mer et des eaux (36km)
• Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dor (40km)

Heritage sites

• Versailles Palace (20km)
• Paris tour St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (37km)
• Seine Banks, Paris (37km)
• Chartres Cathedral (42km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• La Roche-Guyon (45km)

National Monuments

• Rambouillet Chateau (9km)
• Villa Savoye (25km)
• Maison des Jardies (26km)
• Saint Cloud Parc (26km)
• Chateau de Maisons (32km)
• Arc de Triomphe (34km)
• Chapelle Expiatoire (36km)
• Pantheon (36km)
• Conciergerie (37km)
• Sainte-Chapelle (37km)
• Notre Dame cathedral (37km)
• Basilica of Saint-Denis (42km)
• Vincennes Chateau (42km)

Other tourist attractions

• Eiffel Tower (34km)
• Hotel des Invalides (35km)
• Rodin Museum (35km)
• Catacombs (35km)
• Grand Palais (35km)
• Petit Palais (35km)
• Champs-Elysees (35km)
• Palais Bourbon (35km)
• Parc Monceau (36km)
• Place de la Concorde (36km)
• Orsay Museum (36km)
• Jardin des Tuileries (36km)
• Eglise de la Madeleine (36km)
• Place Vendome (36km)
• The Louvre (36km)
• Pont-Neuf (36km)
• Palais Royal (37km)
• Paris Opera (37km)
• Saint-Eustache (37km)
• Jardin des Plantes (37km)
• Hotel de Ville (town hall) (37km)
• Place des Vosges (38km)
• Montmartre (38km)
• Montmartre district (38km)
• Place de la Bastille (38km)
• Basilica de Sacre Coeur (38km)
• Parc de la Villette (42km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• L'Isle-Adam (51km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (8km)
• Vexin Francais (44km)
• Gatinais Francais (54km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (4km)
• Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (14km)
• Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (19km)
• Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (23km)
• Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (23km)
• Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (24km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (25km)
• Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (26km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (28km)
• Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (34km)
• Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (36km)
• Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (36km)
• Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (36km)
• Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (37km)
• Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (37km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (37km)
• Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (37km)
• Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) (40km)
• Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (40km)
• Cathédrale de Chartres (Chartres) (42km)
• Basilique de Saint Denis (Saint-Denis) (42km)
• Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) (44km)
• Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Auvers-sur-Oise) (45km)
• Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) (47km)
• Abbaye Cistercienne de Royaumont (Asnieres-sur-Oise) (58km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc du château de Groussay (9km)
• Domaine national de Rambouillet (9km)
• Parc du château de Breteuil (10km)
• Parc du château de Thoiry (18km)
• Potager du roi, Versailles (19km)
• Parc de Versailles (19km)
• Parc du château de Beauregard (21km)
• Parc de Courson (22km)
• Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (25km)
• Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (26km)
• Domaine de la Malmaison (27km)
• Maison de Chateaubriand (28km)
• Parc du domaine de Sceaux (30km)
• Parc de Chamarande (33km)
• Jardin du Palais-Royal (37km)
• Domaine de Villarceaux (47km)
• Jardin de Claude Monet (48km)
• Jardin du musée d’art américain (48km)
• Parc du château de Courances (52km)
• Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (56km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Versailles (20km)
• Saint-Germain-en-Laye (25km)
• Chartres (42km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Vaux de Cernay (4km)
• Forêt de Rambouillet (9km)
• Vallée de Chevreuse (10km)
• Château de Sauvage (18km)
• Murs à pêches (45km)

Towns of Art and history

• Rambouillet (9km)
• Etampes (37km)
• Pontoise (40km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Velizy-Villacoublay (23km)
• Le Vesinet (27km)
• Meudon (28km)
• Rueil-Malmaison (28km)
• Le Plessis-Robinson (28km)
• Courbevoie (33km)
• Levallois-Perret (35km)
• Maisons-Alfort (41km)
• Soisy-sous-Montmorency (43km)
• Creteil (43km)
• Aulnay-sous-Bois (50km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Thoiry (18km)
• Jardin d'acclimatation (Paris) (33km)
• Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes (37km)
• Parc zoologique de Vincennes (41km)

Geography and distances

Les Essarts-le-Roi is in the Paris region of France at 13 kilometres from Versailles, the department capital (general information: Les Essarts-le-Roi is 37 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Les Essarts-le-Roi from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 10 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Auffargis, Coignieres, La Verriere, Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, Le Perray-en-Yvelines, Les Breviaires, Les Mesnuls, Levis-Saint-Nom, Maurepas and Saint-Remy-l'Honore.

This page in French: Visiter Les Essarts-le-Roi