Rouen tourism and travel guide
Visit Rouen: highlights and tourist information
Travel Guide To Visit AttractionsFrance 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.
Important note
This page features a summary of highlights that you might like to explore near Rouen. For detailed visitor information see the Rouen travel guide.
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.
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)
More information about Rouen, Normandy
Tourist attractions near Rouen, France
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
Geographical Information
Commune: Rouen
Canton: Rouen
Arrondissement: Rouen
Department: Seine-Maritime
Region: Normandy
Postcode: 76000
Distance to Rouen
from Rouen (prefecture): 4 km
from Paris: 112 km
from Calais: 180 km
from Nice: 792 km
from Bordeaux: 524 km
from Strasbourg: 496 km
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 6 kilometres from Rouen): 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: Visitez Rouen