Travel Tips

I pass by here many times on way to HOME, its a narrow bridge, congested all the time, town people try to expand but nostalgics said no, leave as is, over the river Seine, looking towards Normandy direction.

november and february is the major season for wild pigs hunting n my area, to the left behind the house seen ,its my house. near the forest de Verneuil, continuation of forest de saint germain en laye, and marly, and Versailles, all royal hunting grounds ,now disperse into national parks

a beautiful park with grand statues of great prestige, most of them replicas as the originals are n the Louvre, such as this one the chevaux de Marly or horses of Marly.done in 1743-45. The park offers a tranquil space in a very nice area,near Versailles and Saint Germain-en-Laye.

my favorite hideaway to the sea, this is a huge park nestle amongst the mountains and forest curving itself out of Versailles north toward the A13 autoroute de normandy. the basin is from waters of the river Seine, where all these boats go out to and come in from. It is also a park for paddeling boats, canoes, horse and pony rides, lake beach, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, petanque, jogging trails,mini golf, etc etc, all inclusive, free except the summer months cost 5 euros ! ::)

this is where i go many times to reach St Germain en Laye city center and market day, the town of Le Pecq. sitting between Saint Germain en Laye and Versailles; how about riding a car anyone ???

this is my region, full of surprises, along the northern curveture of the river Seine ,just north of St Germain en Laye, the town of Triel sur Seine, famous for its astrology museum and magnifying astrology lens that can see the stars, this in the picture is the church of Saint martin ,where the road was built underneath, in the old days, they could load the food, and serve as a escape for the religious order to go out of town, now cars go under with no problems still!! amazing and a joy to ride under it!

passing towards normandy from paris you will pass this town, exit=sortie 4, great area of restos and shops, including one of the best outlet mall in the Paris area Quai de Marques,website in french
http://www.quaidesmarques.com/index_centre.php?centre=1&lang=fr

M. Alfred REGNIER Duc de Massa was the last owner. he had instructed to be built in 1880 copy of the Chateau de Maisons-Laffite. It has a park of 90 hectares with many leafy trees . It ,also, contains a theater of renaissance style, a rotonde and orangerie de Versailles.

nice to stop by while doing some sensible shopping away from Paris ::)

very rarely spoken of in tourist forum, but a beauty not to be missed if times allowed your stay in Paris.
Built between the 17C and the 18C, the Château de Malmaison was acquired by Joséphine Bonaparte – first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte – in 1799. It is here, that the future emperor handle his first functions as consul emperor. The château de Malmaison serve ,also, of seat of government from 1800 to 1802. The chateau was finally transform into the museum of Napoleonic history from 1906.

it is off D913 and easy transport public from Paris by the train RER A to La Defense and then bus No 258 stop at Chateau.