Yvelines: what to see and do
46 sites listed in the département. Around the Palace of Versailles, a UNESCO-listed masterpiece, the Yvelines cultivate an exceptional royal heritage, complemented by the Rambouillet forest and many other châteaux. This Île-de-France département embodies the splendour of the French monarchy.
Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
From the residence of the Kings of France to the National Archaeology Museum.
Palais et parc de Versailles
A favoured residence of the French monarchy from Louis XIV to Louis XVI, the Palace of Versailles, embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, ornamentalists and landscape designers, was for more than a century the model in Europe of what a royal residence should be.
Château de Rambouillet
The fourteenth-century fortified castle has housed illustrious figures over the centuries who gradually transformed it into a pleasure residence acquired by Louis XVI in 1783.
Château de Thoiry
The Château de Thoiry in the Yvelines, 40 km west of Paris and 25 km north of Versailles.
Les Vaux de Cernay
Nestled in the Yvette valley, on the edge of the Rambouillet forest, the Vaux de Cernay form a rolling site where ponds, waterfalls and rocks follow one another along a stream.
Château d'Agnou
Château de Beynes
Château de Bonnelles
Château de Boulémont
Château de Breteuil
The château de Breteuil was built around 1600 on the site of a fortress of which only the dovecote still remains today.
Château de Coubertin
Château de Dampierre
Château de Grignon
Château de Groussay
Château de La Boissière
Château de La Celle
Château de Madame du Barry
Château de Maisons-Laffitte
On the banks of the Seine, the château de Maisons-Laffitte is one of the best examples of French classical art.
Château de Monte-Cristo
Château de Médan
Château de Méridon
Château de Neuville
Château de Plaisir
Château de Pontchartrain
Château de Rosny-sur-Seine
Château de Sauvage
Château de Villiers-le-Mahieu
Château de Wideville
Château de la Madeleine
Château des Clayes-sous-Bois
Château des Mesnuls
Château du Haut-Buc
Château du Mesnil-Saint-Denis
Château, parc et jardin zoologique de Thoiry
Donjon de Houdan
Espace Rambouillet
Falaises de l'Hautil
Forêt de Saint Germain en Laye
France Miniature
La Serre aux Papillons
Musée d'Archéologie Nationale
Réserve zoologique de Sauvage
The Sauvage zoological reserve is in the French commune of Émancé in the Yvelines département, about twelve kilometres south-west of Rambouillet.
Tour Anne-de-Bretagne
Rambouillet
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
