Places to visit around Chars, from Château de Marines
Of the 5 places to visit in and around Chars, 3 are châteaux or heritage sites. None of them is inside Chars itself. Basilique Saint-Denis, 40 km away, is the best-known day out.
The names to know near Chars
Alongside Château de Marines you find a monastery, a château and a museum.
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.
Where to go
Leave town to the southwest for most of the 5 nearby.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Chars; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Which kinds
The biggest group is châteaux or heritage sites, with 3 of the 5.
Dark: in Chars. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Each place in turn
All 5 on the list lie within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Chars itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
A drive away
Leading the 12 is Basilique Saint-Denis, 40 km away; they include 4 attractions and 3 châteaux.
ChurchBasilique Saint-Denis40 km southeast, in Saint-Denis
AttractionArche de la Défense37 km southeast, in Puteaux
GardenBois de Boulogne40 km southeast, in Paris 16e
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais32 km north, in BeauvaisChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye31 km south, in Saint-Germain-en-LayeMuseumMuseumVilla Savoye27 km south, in Poissy
MuseumFondation d'entreprise Louis-Vuitton39 km southeast, in Paris 16e
AttractionPetit Trianon40 km south, in Versailles
AttractionHôtel Concorde La Fayette40 km southeast, in Paris 17eChâteauChâteauChâteau de Malmaison36 km southeast, in Rueil-Malmaison
Theme parkJardin d'acclimatation39 km southeast, in Paris 16e
ChâteauChâteau de Maisons28 km southeast, in Maisons-LaffittePlaces within 40 km of Chars with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Chars: your questions
Are there attractions near Chars?
Nothing is mapped in Chars itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Marines, Prieuré de Moussy, Château de Saint-Cyr and Maison du Pain.
Are there museums in or near Chars?
One, in town or within 5 km: Maison du Pain.
What well-known places are within a day out of Chars?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Basilique Saint-Denis (40 km), Arche de la Défense (37 km), Bois de Boulogne (40 km), Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais (32 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 Chars, 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 (9)
- Basilique Saint-Denis: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arche de la Défense: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bois de Boulogne: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Beauvais: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fondation d'entreprise Louis-Vuitton: Moktarama, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Petit Trianon: KimonBerlin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hôtel Concorde La Fayette: BRENAC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jardin d'acclimatation: Moktarama, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Maisons: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.