Centre d'Archéologie Amérindienne de Kourou and more: what to see in Kourou
All 4 places to visit on our list are in Kourou; none are within 5 km of its centre. Look for 2 museums, a water park and an attraction. Go 29 km out for Zoo de Guyane.
The first to see in Kourou
Close behind Centre d'Archéologie Amérindienne de Kourou are a water park, a museum and an attraction.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Mapped
The farthest of them, Matiti Paradise, is 13 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Kourou; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
The list holds 2 museums, a water park and an attraction.
Dark: in Kourou. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The places, one by one
The list is 4 places, all in town.
The 4 places in Kourou first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Days out
There is one big name within reach: Zoo de Guyane, 29 km away.
Places within 40 km of Kourou with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Questions about attractions in Kourou
What is there to see in Kourou?
The first on our list in Kourou are Centre d'Archéologie Amérindienne de Kourou, Matiti Paradise, Musée de l'Espace and Pôle culturel Kourou. We list 4 places in town.
Are there museums in or near Kourou?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Centre d'Archéologie Amérindienne de Kourou and Musée de l'Espace.
What well-known places are within a day out of Kourou?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Zoo de Guyane (29 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Kourou, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Zoo de Guyane: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.