Gif-sur-Yvette travel guide
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Visit Gif-sur-Yvette: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Gif-sur-Yvette is situated in the Essonne department (Paris region) in the of France at 5419 km from , the department capital. (General information: Gif-sur-Yvette is 23 km from Paris and 251 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Versailles Palace at 11 km from Gif-sur-Yvette
Popular places to visit near Gif-sur-Yvette: these include Versailles Palace at 11 km and Catacombs at 21 km. Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km and Parc du château de Beauregard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Gif-sur-Yvette and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Gif-sur-Yvette
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Beauregard (5km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (8km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (11km) : Parc de Courson (11km) : Parc de Versailles (11km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (12km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (14km) : Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (15km) : Domaine de la Malmaison (19km) : Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (22km) :
- National Monuments: Maison des Jardies (15km) : Saint Cloud Parc (15km) : Arc de Triomphe (22km) : Pantheon (22km) : Sainte-Chapelle (23km) : Notre Dame cathedral (23km) : Conciergerie (23km) : Rambouillet Chateau (23km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (24km) : Villa Savoye (26km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (4km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (14km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (21km) : Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (22km) : Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (23km) : Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (23km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (23km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Velizy-Villacoublay (10km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (13km) : Meudon (14km) : Rueil-Malmaison (20km) : Le Vesinet (21km) : Courbevoie (23km) : Levallois-Perret (24km) : Maisons-Alfort (25km) : Creteil (26km) : Soisy-sous-Montmorency (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Versailles Palace (11km) : Seine Banks, Paris (23km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (23km) : Etampes (30km) : Pontoise (39km) : Noisiel (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Gif-sur-Yvette & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Gif-sur-Yvette
Canton: Gif-sur-Yvette
Arrondissement: Palaiseau
Department: Essonne
Region: Paris
Postcode: 91190
Distance to Gif-sur-Yvette
from : 5419 km
from Paris: 23 km
from Calais: 251 km
from Nice: 682 km
from Bordeaux: 477 km
from Strasbourg: 413 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Gif-sur-Yvette (within 6 km): Boullay-les-Troux : Bures-sur-Yvette : Chateaufort : Gometz-la-Ville : Gometz-le-Chatel : Les Molieres : Les Ulis : Magny-les-Hameaux : Orsay : Saclay : Saint-Aubin : Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard : Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse : Toussus-le-Noble : Vauhallan : Villiers-le-Bacle :
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