Marché de Compiègne

Lille, Flanders & the Somme


Colourful stalls sell fruit, vegetables and other picnic supplies.


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1. Palais de Compiègne

0.3 MILES

This 1337-room palace, originally built for Louis XV, hosted Napoléon III's dazzling hunting parties, which drew aristocrats from all around Europe. A…

3. Clairière de l'Armistice

3.77 MILES

The armistice that put an end to WWI was signed in a thick forest 6.5km east of Compiègne, inside the railway carriage of the Allied supreme commander. On…

4. Musée Franco-Américain

16.41 MILES

Inside the 1612-built Château de Blérancourt, 33km northeast of Compiègne, the French–American museum reopened in 2017 after a decade of archaeological…

5. Cathédrale de Notre Dame

18.1 MILES

Senlis' Gothic cathedral was built between 1150 and 1191. The cathedral is unusually bright, with original stained glass. The 78m-high south tower dates…

6. Senlis Museums

18.11 MILES

Senlis was a royal seat from the time of Clovis in the 5th and 6th centuries to Henri IV (r 1589–1610), and contains three small but well-formed adjacent…

7. Château de Chantilly Gardens

21.6 MILES

Sprawling over 115 hectares, the wondrous gardens of the Château de Chantilly encompass the formal Jardin Français (French Garden), with flower beds,…

8. Château de Chantilly

21.83 MILES

A storybook vision amid an artificial lake and magnificent gardens, the Château de Chantilly contains a superb collection of paintings within the Musée…