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Visit Orsay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Orsay is situated in the Essonne department (Paris region) in the of France at 5419 km from , the department capital. (General information: Orsay is 21 km from Paris and 251 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Versailles Palace at 13 km from Orsay
Popular places to visit near Orsay: these include Versailles Palace at 13 km and Catacombs at 18 km. Parc du château de Beauregard is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 5km and Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) is a listed 'religious monument' at 8km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Orsay: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Orsay, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Orsay and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Orsay
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Beauregard (5km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (10km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (11km) : Parc de Courson (11km) : Parc du château de Breteuil (12km) : Potager du roi, Versailles (13km) : Parc de Versailles (13km) : Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (15km) : Domaine de la Malmaison (19km) : Parc de Chamarande (21km) :
- National Monuments: Maison des Jardies (14km) : Saint Cloud Parc (15km) : Pantheon (20km) : Arc de Triomphe (21km) : Sainte-Chapelle (21km) : Notre Dame cathedral (21km) : Conciergerie (21km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (22km) : Vincennes Chateau (24km) : Rambouillet Chateau (27km) :
- Religious monuments: Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (8km) : Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (19km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (19km) : Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (19km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (21km) : Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (21km) : Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (21km) : Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (21km) : Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (22km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Velizy-Villacoublay (10km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (10km) : Meudon (13km) : Rueil-Malmaison (20km) : Maisons-Alfort (21km) : Courbevoie (22km) : Le Vesinet (22km) : Levallois-Perret (23km) : Creteil (23km) : Gagny (33km) :
- Heritage Sites: Versailles Palace (12km) : Seine Banks, Paris (21km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rambouillet (27km) : Etampes (29km) : Noisiel (37km) : Pontoise (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (47km) :
Map of places to visit near Orsay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orsay
Canton: Orsay
Arrondissement: Palaiseau
Department: Essonne
Region: Paris
Postcode: 91400
Distance to Orsay
from : 5419 km
from Paris: 21 km
from Calais: 251 km
from Nice: 679 km
from Bordeaux: 478 km
from Strasbourg: 409 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Orsay (within 6 km): Bures-sur-Yvette : Gif-sur-Yvette : Gometz-la-Ville : Gometz-le-Chatel : Igny : Janvry : La Ville-du-Bois : Les Ulis : Nozay : Palaiseau : Saclay : Saint-Aubin : Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard : Saulx-les-Chartreux : Toussus-le-Noble : Vauhallan : Verrieres-le-Buisson : Villebon-sur-Yvette : Villejust : Villiers-le-Bacle :
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