Val-d'Oise: what to see and do
20 sites listed in the département. On the doorstep of Paris, the Val-d'Oise cultivates an Impressionist heritage around Auvers-sur-Oise, Van Gogh's last village, and châteaux such as Écouen. Forests and the Oise valleys complete this green and artistic corner of Île-de-France.
Château d'Ecouen
The Château d'Écouen, twenty kilometres north of Paris, overlooking the fine expanse of the plain of the Pays de France, running towards the Chantilly forest, today houses the exceptional collections of the National Museum of the Renaissance.
Château de La Roche-Guyon
A true landmark in the landscape, the keep stands as guardian of the Château de La Roche-Guyon and the centuries of history it has seen pass by.
Château de Vigny
This large Gothic-style castle, flanked by five round towers and surrounded by moats, was acquired on 8 November 1867 by the family of the Counts Vitali, princes of Sant'Eusebio.
Abbaye de Royaumont
Château d'Ambleville
Château d'Arnouville
Château d'Auvers
Château de Beaumont-sur-Oise
Château de Champlâtreux
Château de Franconville
Château de Grouchy
Château de Maudétour
Château de Méry-sur-Oise
Château de Stors
Domaine de Villarceaux
La Roche-Guyon
Nestled at the foot of the ruins of a twelfth-century fortress built on top of a chalk cliff, the town has stood guard over the Seine valley for more than ten centuries.
Musée archéologique du Val-d'Oise
Musée des Tramways (MTVS)
Musée départemental des sapeurs-pompiers du Val d'Oise
