What are nice day trips from Paris?
Short answer
Viarmes, Saint-Mery, Gadancourt and Bazoches-sur-Guyonne are some potential day trips within 50 km of Paris. Gerberoy, Gisors, Louviers and Dreux are within 100 km of Paris. Hénin-Beaumont, Saint-Quentin, Joigny and Saint-Amand-les-Eaux are within 200 km of Paris by train. We list 36 places below, including 22 old-world towns (Senlis and Montargis), 16 lake or river towns (Soissons and Gaillon), 9 food and café towns (Crépy-en-Valois and Venette) and 4 coastal towns (Neuville-sous-Montreuil and Eu). More below.
Within 50 km 6 places
Within 100 km 14 places
By train, within 200 km 16 places
Places with a railway station within a 10-minute drive. Each one links to public-transport directions from Paris, so you can check the route and journey time.
Aire-sur-la-Lys
A fortified town on the River Lys in northern France's Pas-de-Calais, Aire-sur-la-Lys has a photogenic centre with cafés and restaurants along the waterfront…
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
A walkable town on the river Scarpe in northern France's Nord department, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux has a centre with a real café and restaurant scene and sits on…
Joigny
A tiny wine-country town on the river Yonne in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Joigny has a medieval old town that has earned the Pays d'art et d'histoire designati…
Neuville-sous-Montreuil
The Chartreuse Notre-Dame-des-Prés, a Carthusian monastery founded in 1325 and the largest preserved Carthusian monastery in France, sits in this small villa…
Châteaudun
A heritage-dense town on the Loir river in Eure-et-Loir, Châteaudun has a compact centre with a strong concentration of listed buildings — among them a 1938…
Saint-Quentin
A photogenic town in northern France's Aisne department with a walkable centre and a dense food-and-drink scene, Saint-Quentin sits on the Somme river and tr…
Béthune
A walkable town in northern France's Pas-de-Calais with a café-filled centre and a strong photographic profile, Béthune sits between the hills of Artois and…
Romorantin-Lanthenay
A compact French town where a flower-lined weir and stone arched bridge span a calm river, with a church steeple and cream-rendered townhouses forming the ba…
La Ferté-Bernard
Tiny French town in the Sarthe where a grand Gothic church with flying buttresses and intricate stone carvings dominates the centre, complemented by watersid…
Lillers
This small town in Pas-de-Calais where the river Clarence runs through the centre, Lillers has a compact core with cafés and restaurants and four listed hist…
Douai
Douai's medieval belfry — one of the most impressive in northern France's Nord département — rises above a walkable town centre on the river Scarpe, with a r…
Marchiennes-Campagne
A northern French town on the water's edge, where this striking circular brick building with classical stone detailing and French flags hints at a civic heri…
Hénin-Beaumont
Three UNESCO World Heritage sites from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin sit within Hénin-Beaumont itself, a town in Pas-de-Calais formed by the 1971 merge…
Eu
Small Normandy town where a grand French château with formal clipped gardens and slate mansard roofs anchors a compact riverside centre close to the Channel…
