Gardens & Castles

Douglas, Pin maritime, Sapin, Saule… venez découvrir la diversité des essences d’arbres du parcours pédagogique de l’arboretum.

Vous serez séduit par la beauté, la dimension ou l’originalité des arbres, par les perspectives entre pelouses, eaux et bâtiments.

The Arboretum Vilmorin and its buildings, located in Verrières-le-Buisson, were purchased by Philippe André de Vilmorin in 1815. The site was selected for its high-quality soil and proximity to Paris.

Boussard Park is a garden of the "Art Deco" era created in 1927 - the only one of its kind in Île-de-France!

This feudal fortress was built in the late 13th century.

Satisfy your curiosity and follow the footsteps of Gustave Caillebotte himself, since it is here, in the family resort, that the painter planted his easel in open air and painted nearly 90 paintings in the summers of the 1870s.

Built around 1222 at the request of Philippe Auguste, this powerful fortress was intended to protect the outskirts of Paris and Chartres.

Remarkably preserved, the castle of Saint-Jean de Beauregard kept intact all the charm and elegance of its 17th century classic environment.

Venez visiter les vestiges du château que Jean de Montagu a fait édifier à Marcoussis entre 1400 et 1408. Une occasion de plonger dans cette période du Moyen-Age, en pleine guerre de cent ans.

Partez à la découverte du Château de Morsang-sur-Orge, joyau patrimonial de l’Essonne. Entre nature et histoire, ce site classé vous invite à un voyage fascinant au cœur de la vie aristocratique du XVIIIe siècle.

Deux châteaux du XVIIIème siècle se font face. La visite d’un de ces châteaux permet de retracer la vie des illustres familles qui y habitèrent (magnifique bibliothèque Colbert).

Property of the Departmental Council of Essonne, the Domain of Chamarande is classified as a historical monument. The park of 98 ha has been refitted by landscape architect Jacques Sgard. The Domain also houses the departmental archives.

Acquired in March 2002 by the Departmental Council of Essonne, the Domain of Montauger covers 15 hectares at the base of the Brie hillsides and hosts the House of the Environment.

Domain of Méréville is assessed as the last example of picturesque garden designed in the late 18th century.

Bright house made of bricks and stones from the 17th and 18th centuries, turned towards nature whose decorations and furniture are largely inspired. Its sumptuous romantic park is the fruit of the work of the best landscapers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Less than an hour from Paris, discover the most beautiful example of Renaissance water garden preserved today.

Découvrez le Château de Bruyères à Bruyères-le-Châtel : un monument historique du XVIIe siècle qui vous ouvre les portes de l’histoire locale et du patrimoine rural, pour une balade au cœur du charme d’antan.

Ancien pavillon de chasse datant du XVIIIe siècle, la Faisanderie de Sénart est aujourd'hui un centre pédagogique forestier.

Véritable bijou d’ingénierie, la serre de 1979 allie élégance classique et savoir-faire contemporain. Unique en France, elle mêle design canadien, matériaux nobles et héritage historique, sur l’ancien potager du château du XVIIIe siècle.

Parc de sculptures monumentales de Robert Le Lagadec. Ouvert aux individuels, aux groupes constitués, scolaires et associations.

Inauguré le 8 mai 1995, ce monument original de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois rend hommage à ses habitants : chaque Génovéfain y a gravé son nom sur une brique cuite, érigée en colonnes, perpétuant ainsi la mémoire collective.

The wooded park of the 19th century is arranged along a canal and overlooks a 17th century French garden and an orangery. At the heart of the estate, the Nymphée: a room decorated with rockeries and shells of the late 17th century.

The Conservatoire National des Plantes à Parfums, Médicinales, Aromatiques et Industrielles (The National Conservatory of Plants), also called CNPMAI, of Milly-la-Forêt is an invitation to discover the relationship and interactions of the human being and nature.

Val Fleury is ideally located, in the heart of town, close to the RER B train station and Chevreuse Valley hiking trails.

Villeconin Castle was built in the late 14th century by Jean de Montaigu, superintendent of Kings Charles VI finances.