Château de Rambouillet is a beautiful home and former retreat for presidents, kings and VIPs in the town of Rambouillet, in the Île-de-France region of northern France. A visit here is a step back in time to see how some of the greatest men (and women) in history lived.
France Miniature lets visitors uncover the diverse regions of France by walking around the sites as a giant might! See a miniature Eiffel Tower, the Château Vaux le Vicomte, Saint-Tropez, Mont Saint-Michel, the Arles Amphitheatre, the Rosary Basilica at Lourdes, and other French landmarks in one park. There are also rides, slides and play areas for kids, plus two family restaurants on-site. France Miniature is located in Élancourt, France.
The Basilique Cathédrale de Saint-Denis is the world's first Gothic cathedral, completed in the 13th century. It's the final resting place for French royalty and the burial place of 43 kings, 32 queens and 10 servants to the monarchy.
Formerly known as the Bois de Vincennes Zoological Park, the 14.5-hectare Paris Zoological Park recently underwent two years of refurbishment works, giving this famous zoological park major natural environmental features, and plenty of room for the animals to roam.
The animal habitats have been grouped five 'biozones', and the zoo has six restaurants and a 4,000 m2 tropical rainforest-filled greenhouse. It's visible from quite far away, thanks to the Big Rock, a 65m-tall artificial mini-mountain, which is an iconic symbol of the Paris Zoological Park.
Château de Fontainebleau is just 55 kilometres from the center of Paris. This massive palace has over 1500 rooms sprawled out on 130 acres of gardens and parks. It's one of the largest royal French châteaux to have ever been built.
Fontainebleau was much loved by Napoléon Bonaparte, who oversaw a lot of the restoration work. Napoléon III was another regular visitor, but as an example of the changes it has seen, during WWII the château was a headquarter for occupying Germans. It's now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.