RAMBOUILLET CASTLE
A fortified castle that was once a royal residence, restored and often ...Read more
RAMBOLITRAIN MUSEUM
A museum in the heart of Rambouillet, featuring toy trains, model cars, ...Read more
GLACIAL COURSE
A trail accessible to all to discover the ecological and historical wealth ...Read more
RAMBOUILLET TERRITOIRES
The tourist office has a wide range of brochures on all the sites, tours ...Read more
THATCHED COTTAGE
La Chaumière des Coquillages in the English garden, houses a small salon ...Read more
HOLLAND PONDS RECREATION BASE
Leisure center located in the heart of the Rambouillet forest; supervised ...Read more
HOUSE ELSA TRIOLET-ARAGON
Home to writers Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. A place of memory for this ...Read more
PALACE OF THE KING OF ROME
Palace of the King of Rome, an example of neoclassical architecture, it ...Read more
THE RAMBOUILLET FOREST
The largest forest in the Yvelines department, covering some 15,000 ha at ...Read more
NATIONAL SHEEPFOLD OF RAMBOUILLET
The national sheepfold receives thousands of visitors every year among its ...Read more
NATIONAL RAMBOUILLET ESTATE
An estate set in the heart of a vast wild forest, featuring a formal garden ...Read more
SAINT-PIERRE-SAINT-PAUL CHURCH
Church built on 11th-century foundations, with 16th-century stained glass ...Read more
THE ABBEY PRIORY
A priory in Ablis, founded by Geoffroy de Presles and the monks of Thiron ...Read more
L'HÔTEL DU HEAUME
Remains of the former Hôtel du Heaume, visited by William the Conqueror ...Read more
BONNELLES PONDS
The former park of the Duchesse d'Uzès castle has become a nature reserve, ...Read more
CASTLE OF BONNELLES
Third château built on this site, in the Louis XIII style. Former home of ...Read more
SAINT-GERVAIS-SAINT-PROTAIS CHURCH
9th- or 10th-century parish church retaining its massive, fortified ...Read more
BONNELLES PONDS REGIONAL NATURE RESERVE
Read moreCharming purpose of promenade, the ponds of Bonnelles historically belong to the territory of the castle of the Duchess of Uzès. This site stretches over 13 hectares and consists of two ponds, which links a small canal, powered by sources, and by the table of the sand of Fontainebleau. At the time of the walk, you will discover the traces of the castle garden and its factories built on the edge of the ponds: the Temple of Love - a bridge to two arches surmounted by a small building, leading to the kiosk island - the pier, and the culvert - a small bridge that serves Devil island from that of the Kiosk. Other factories have disappeared: the Chinese pavilion, the canardière, the cooler or the mosque. Botanists and other nature observers will appreciate the variety of environments: oak-charmaie, aulnaie to the east, roselière planted with poplar, bétulaie where birch dominates. There are some protected species. Avifauna benefits from these wetlands: among the most remarkable is a few breeding birds such as the effarvatte effarvatte and the reed morphology, but also hoberaux hawks, pêcheurs pêcheurs, cendrés herons, insects, 34 species of dragonflies…
MANOR HOUSE OF FLUFF
This charming manor house stands on the edge of the woods, on the site of ...Read more
THE CLAIREFONTAINE CHAPEL
Abbey founded in 1100 by Simon II de Montfort and restored in 2016 as a ...Read more