Rouen tourism and travel guide

Visit Rouen: highlights and tourist information

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France This Way comment: The cathedral and cobbled streets in the old town are just two of the many highlights in the lovely town of Rouen.

Rouen is situated in the Seine-Maritime department and Normandy region, in the north of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Seine-Maritime department (general information: Rouen is 112 kilometres from Paris).

Tourist classifications for Rouen include "town of art and history" and "secteur sauvegarde".

Popular places to visit nearby include Jumieges Abbey at 18 km and Caudebec-en-Caux at 27 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Rouen, France: places to visit and attractions

Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Rouen in Normandy.

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

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Seine-Maritime

Map of places to visit near Rouen

Markets in and near Rouen

Market days in Rouen: weekly market: Tuesday all day & Sunday & Saturday all day & Friday;

• Rouen: market Tuesday all day & Sunday & Saturday all day & Friday (0km)
• Le Petit-Quevilly: market Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (0km)
• Le Grand-Quevilly: market Tuesday & Friday (1km)
• Sotteville-les-Rouen: market Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday (2km)
• Canteleu: market Saturday (5km)
• Bonsecours: market Friday (5km)
• Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray: market Wednesday (5km)
• Mont-Saint-Aignan: market Wednesday (5km)
• Bihorel: market Wednesday & Saturday & Friday (7km)
• Darnetal: market Sunday (7km)

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Tourist attractions near Rouen, France

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

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Lyons-la-Foret (29km)
• La Roche-Guyon (55km)

National Monuments

• Abbey of Bec-Hellouin (32km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Pont-Audemer (40km)
• Forges-les-Eaux (41km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Abbaye Saint Georges de Boscherville (Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville) (8km)
• Abbaye de Jumièges (Jumieges) (18km)

Remarkable gardens

• Abbaye Saint-Georges (8km)
• Parc du manoir de Villers (10km)
• Jardin Plume (18km)
• Jardins du château de Vandrimare (21km)
• Clos du Coudray (27km)
• Jardin de Bellevue (31km)
• Jardins du château du Champ de Bataille (31km)
• Jardins de Bosmelet (32km)
• Arboretum d'Harcourt (33km)
• Parc de Galleville (40km)
• Les jardins du château de Saint-Just (43km)
• Jardin d'art et d'essais (46km)
• Les jardins du château de Miserey (46km)
• Jardin du musée d’art américain (50km)
• Jardin de Claude Monet (51km)
• Domaine de Villarceaux (56km)

Towns of Art and history

• Elbeuf (14km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Montville (15km)
• Autretot (36km)
• Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (37km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Clères (21km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Rouen is in the north of France. Most visitors arrive by car, with Le Havre and Dieppe on the coast here being very convenient. For driving distances to Rouen from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 14 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie, Belbeuf, Bihorel, Bonsecours, Canteleu, Le Grand-Quevilly, Le Mesnil-Esnard, Le Petit-Quevilly, Mont-Saint-Aignan, Montigny, Petit-Couronne, Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Sotteville-les-Rouen and Val-de-la-Haye.

This page in French: Visiter Rouen