Château de Rambouillet
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Rambouillet ( UK: / rɒ̃ˈbuːjeɪ /, US: / ˌrɒmbuːˈjeɪ /, [3] [4] French: [ʁɑ̃bujɛ] ⓘ) is a subprefecture of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located beyond the outskirts of Paris, 44.3 km (27.5 mi) southwest of its centre. In 2018, the commune had a population of 26,933.
- 142–177 m (466–581 ft), (avg. 142 m or 466 ft)
- Yvelines
- Château de Rambouillet. Although the main palace is being refurbished at the time of writing, the grounds of the Château de Rambouillet and its follies are all open.
- Château de Rambouillet Grounds. The grounds are suitably magnificent, and remain open while the Château is being restored. You could lose all track of time in the peace and cultured beauty of these gardens, first landscaped in 1699.
- Laiterie de la Reine. Marie Antoinette was another of the pivotal figures to stay at Rambouillet. She didn’t like the château much, so in 1785 Louis XVI ordered the Laiterie de la Reine (Queen’s Dairy) to be built in the grounds.
- La Chaumière aux Coquillages. Before Louis XVI bought the estate in 1783 it was owned by his cousin the Duc de Penthièvre. And in the late 1770s the duke had commissioned a cottage idyll for his daughter, the Princesse de Lamballe, which is folded into the English country garden.
Rambouillet, town, Yvelines département, Île-de-France région, north-central France. It lies just southwest of Versailles. Flanked by its famous château and surrounded by an extensive forest, Rambouillet is a favoured tourist spot for Parisians. The château, built in 1375 by a courtier of Charles V of France, passed into the hands of ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Email: contact@rambouillet-tourisme.fr. Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines: L’Orangerie, rue des Remparts 78730 Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines Tel: +01 30 41 19 47. Rambouillet ...
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Rambouillet is a commune in the Ile-de-France department in the Yvelines department in northwestern France. Located about forty kilometers from Paris and about thirty kilometers from Versailles and its famous castle, it is also part of the Regional Natural Park of the High Valley of Chevreuse for its non-urbanized part.
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- Castle of Rambouillet
- Tourist Office of Rambouillet
Top Attractions in Rambouillet. See all. These rankings are informed by traveler reviews—we consider the quality, quantity, recency, consistency of reviews, and the number of page views over time. 1. Musee Rambolitrain. 111. Speciality Museums. By helenmary. Trains since the mid 19th century, pulled along, steam driven, electric.
Mercure Rambouillet. 701. from $83/night. Best Western Amarys. 207. from $74/night. Ibis Rambouillet. 245. from $61/night.
