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5 destinations
Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
A fortified medieval town on the Loing at the edge of the Fontainebleau forest, painted repeatedly by Alfred Sisley and home to a barley sugar made by nuns since 1638.
Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
The village on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest where Rousseau, Millet and Corot invented painting outdoors — one street of studios and galleries, and a museum inside the painters' old inn.
Oise, Hauts-de-France
A princely château on the water with the Musée Condé, 115 hectares of gardens and the Great Stables — about 30 minutes by direct train from Paris.
Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
A UNESCO-listed Gothic cathedral with world-famous stained glass, a walkable medieval old town and riverside lanes — about an hour by direct train from Paris Montparnasse.
Oise, Hauts-de-France
A royal and medieval town 45 km north of Paris, with an early Gothic cathedral, Gallo-Roman walls, cobbled streets used constantly as film sets, and Chantilly next door.
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