There are so many beautiful villages and towns that only locals know about. Planning to visit or moving to France, I think that you would love to see and discover some not so hidden little towns and villages. Most of these towns/villages are either accessible by taking France’s national railroad or by suburban trains. In this blog post, I am going to highlight a day trip from Paris to La Frette-Sur-Seine.
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Day Trip from Paris to La Frette-Sur-Seine: La Frette-Sur-Seine
Visit the small town of La-Frette-Sur-Seine in France. If you would like to visit Paris off the beaten path and away from mass tourism, you ought to check small towns such as La-Frette-Sur-Seine. La Frette-Sur-Seine it is a little suburban town built along the Seine river about 30 minutes away from Paris by train. Its population is about 6000.
Located 20 km North West of Paris in the department of Val d’Oise, it has been painted by many famous painters such as Paul Cezanne, Albert Marquet and Paul Signac. Japanese Painter Tadashi Kaminagai had once his atelier there. The French movie Association de Malfaiteurs was shot there in 1987. The town may be small about 2,02 km2 however, although smal in size, this town is culturally rich. Visit the town website here. I recently did a post on one of its neighboring towns Herblay-Sur-Seine, feel free to check it out here.
What to do and see at La Frette-sur-Seine
- Houses built in 1900 that are witnesses of the past of the city and of its former residents, rich Parisians searching for a secondary home away from the noise of the city.
- Hiking
- Go on the route of the painters mentionned above
Itinerary: How to get there from Paris
Suburban transilien line J from the Paris Saint Lazare train station. Gett off at La Frette-Sur-Seine
Here’s a few blog posts that you mght have missed that will help you plan your travel to France:
Why visit small towns of France such as La-Frette-Sur Seine
Because simply put they are what makes France a rich and diverse country.
