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Nature Lovers 

There is no better place to discover nature's hidden treasures and secret trails than in Paris Ile-de-France. Plan your trek as you see fit and hike, cycle or canter through the heart of the region's forests and natural parks, or along the rivers and through the valleys, taking in the beautiful landscape along the way. Regional Natural Park The Natural Park of the French Vexin : located on the West of Paris, between Pontoise and La Roche-Guyon, it contains and promotes a very valuable rural heritage (country architecture, and so on).

Walks around the village

When you go out of the house, you can choose between different walks :

• On the Seine’s Right Banks towards Conflans, the inland water shipping’s capital. You can visit the Museum of the Canal transport or embark for a cruise (from May to September) on the Seine;
• You can cross the Seine on a boat and discover the other Seine Banks in a landscaped park (the ferry works from April to October during week-ends)
• You can explore the net of footpathes and staircases in gardens to discover the village from another view.

Some tourist areas among others

• Visit Paris A personal selection of monuments, museums and gardens in Paris
• Auvers sur Oise (Van Gogh, Castle) to 14 km
• Giverny (Monet, Impressionnism) to 62 km
• The cistercian Abbey of Royaumont to 32 km
• The cistercian Abbey of Maubuisson to 12 km
• The Castle of La Roche-Guyon to 55 km
• Domain of Villarceaux to 46 km
• The Palace of Versailles to 36 km
• Disneyland Paris to 66 km

In Paris you have endless amount of things to do. Make a photographic tour of the city of light to have a preview of the visits your are planning.

Catering

You will find two traditional French cooking restaurants (one of them is very famous) and a creperie to some metres of the house. Many restaurants are available near in the region and we will advise you.

Sports in Val-d'Oise

• The leisure centre of Cergy : a sports’centre where water sports reign with a unique in Ile-de-France water ski tow and a unique in Europe white-water course;
• The Tennis Club
• If you have interest in equestrian sports or cycling there are lots of opportunities to enjoy yourself in the forests and trails of the region.

Artistic history

Albert Marquet He began his series of quay views in 1905. In 1907 he made his first personal exhibition in the Galerie Druet and a few years later, he made a series of nudes in studio. Many tripps and exhibitions followed in several countries. Alain Marquet died in 1947 and he is buried in the cemeterry of the village, on the peak of a hill dominating the Seine.

One of his paintings : : Vue d'un balcon