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Île-de-France

The Île-de-France région – the 12,000 sq km ‘Island of France’ shaped by five rivers that encircles the French capital – contains splendid architecture including some of the most monumental châteaux in the country, set amid magnificent gardens.

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  • Planter Lined Cobble Stone Pathway Leading to Chateau Fontainebleau, France - stock photo

    Château de Fontainebleau

    Fontainebleau

    The resplendent, 1900-room Château de Fontainebleau’s list of former tenants and guests reads like a who’s who of French royalty and aristocracy. Every…

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    Cathédrale Notre Dame

    Chartres

    One of Western civilisation’s crowning architectural achievements, the 130m-long Cathédrale Notre Dame de Chartres is renowned for its brilliant-blue…

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    Château de Versailles

    Versailles

    Amid magnificently landscaped formal gardens, this splendid and enormous palace was built in the mid-17th century during the reign of Louis XIV – the Roi…

  • Disneyland Resort Paris

    Disneyland Resort Paris

    Île-de-France

    Basic one-day admission fees at Disneyland Resort Paris include unlimited access to attractions in either Disneyland Park or Walt Disney Studios Park. A…

  • Chateau de Vaux-le-vicomte.

    Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte

    Île-de-France

    The privately owned Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and its fabulous formal gardens, 20km north of Fontainebleau and 61km southeast of Paris, were designed and…

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    Château de Chantilly

    Chantilly

    A storybook vision amid an artificial lake and magnificent gardens, the Château de Chantilly contains a superb collection of paintings within the Musée…

  • The vast park of the chateau of Fontainebleau.

    Château de Fontainebleau Gardens & Park

    Fontainebleau

    On the northern side of the Château de Fontainebleau is the formal Jardin de Diane, created by Catherine de Médicis. Le Nôtre’s formal, 17th-century…

  • The Grand Trianon in the northwestern part of the Domain of Versailles.

    Domaine de Trianon

    Versailles

    Northwest of Versailles’ main palace is the Domaine de Trianon. Admission includes the pink-colonnaded Grand Trianon, built in 1687 for Louis XIV and his…

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