Gardens & Castles

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).

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

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.

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

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.

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

Built in the 18th century, this castle shelters the City Hall today. The Parc du Parterre was a French formal garden in the tradition of the French gardener Le Nôtre. It was open to the public at the end of the 19th century.

Ancien pavillon de chasse datant du XVIIIe siècle, la Faisanderie de Sénart est une structure d'initiation à la forêt.

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

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

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

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

Built between 1772 and 1779 by the architect Vincent Barré, The Château du Marais is one of the most beautiful French castles of the Louis XVI’s era.

The château du Marais is one of the most majestic estate in Essonne. In this park, we can see the different traces of the centuries that the estate knew. This park is a harmonious mix of water and green.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Go to the end of the park to discovert the ancient garden of the Caillebotte's House, dating from the 19th century and often painted by Gustave Caillebotte. Today, the Caillebotte Potager Association maintains and animates the place in a cultural and educational spirit.

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.