Two reasons to visit Rueil-Malmaison are to seek out the area much loved by Impressionest Painters and to visit the chateaux museums dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine.
Situated approx. 14km west of central Paris, Rueil is on the left bank of the Seine: the town of Chatou on the right bank. Between the two villages there is the Isle of Chatou with
The Fournaise Hamlet, a community dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Impressionist Painters and the Poets who frequented the area.
Equally important, in my opinion but I have an interest in the nautical, is the preservation and restoration of the river boats depicted in many of the paintings by the
Association Sequana which is quartered on the groundfloor of the Restaurant 'Les Rives de la Courtille'.