Rambouillet: a weekend trip from Paris by train

Train: 35 min by train
Return trip: from €5
Arrival station: Rambouillet

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A presidential château, the national sheepfold and a deer forest.

The château, the Queen's dairy and the shell cottage in a vast landscaped park; Napoleon's national sheepfold still raises its merinos. All around, the Rambouillet forest: stag rutting in autumn, the Hollande ponds for summer swims, and the Espace Rambouillet wildlife park. Direct line N from Montparnasse.

Who is it for

Couples : Romantique discret : château et bergerie à deux.
Families : Idéal dès 3 ans : animaux de la Bergerie et cerfs/rapaces font le bonheur des petits.
Solo : Solo nature : forêt, étangs et domaine de Rambouillet.

Things to do

Hollande ponds by bike
Louis XIV's ponds on the forest edge, supervised swimming in summer (~10 km by bike).
National sheepfold
The imperial farm and its historic merino flock — great with kids.
Château & the Queen's dairy
The presidential country residence, rocaille panelling and Marie-Antoinette's follies.
Espace Rambouillet wildlife park
Deer, boar and a birds-of-prey aviary in the forest — observation trails.