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Ile de France
Ile de France Travel Guide
Just what is it that makes the Ile-de-France so attractive, so comfortingly familiar? Is it its proximity to the great city of Paris—or perhaps that it's so far removed? Had there not been the world-class cultural hub of Paris right nearby, would Monet have retreated to his Japanese gardens at Giverny? Or Paul Cézanne and Van Gogh to bucolic Auvers? Kings and courtiers to the game-rich forests of Rambouillet? Would Napoléon have truly settled at Malmaison and then abdicated at the palace at Fontainebleau? Would medieval castles and palaces have sprouted in the town of St-Germain-en-Laye? Would abbeys and cathedrals have sprung skyward in Chartres and Senlis? More »
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