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Worth seeing in and around Buc

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Palace of Versailles

   The Palace of Versailles is a château and historic monument in Versailles in the Yvelines department of France, southwest of Paris. It served as the principal residence of the French kings Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. The king, the court, and the royal government lived there permanently from 6 May 1682 until 6 October 1789, except during the Regency years.

   3.2 km · palace in Versailles, France and location of the Museum of the History of France · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

   University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a French public university created in 1991, located in the department of Yvelines and, since 2002, in Hauts-de-Seine. It is a constituent university of the federal Paris-Saclay University.

   2.8 km · French public university created in 1991 member of the Université Paris-Saclay · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Hall of Mirrors

   The Hall of Mirrors is a grand Baroque style gallery and one of the most emblematic rooms in the royal Palace of Versailles near Paris, France. The grandiose ensemble of the hall and its adjoining salons was intended to illustrate the power of the absolutist monarch Louis XIV. Located on the first floor of the palace's central body, it faces west towards the palace gardens.

   3.2 km · long gallery in the Palace of Versailles · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Versailles Cathedral

   Versailles Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Versailles, France. It is a national monument.

   2.5 km · cathedral located in Yvelines, in France · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Galerie des Batailles

   The Galerie des Batailles is a gallery occupying the first floor of the Aile du Midi of the Palace of Versailles, joining onto the grand and petit appartement de la reine. 120 m long and 13 m wide, it is an epigone of the Grande Galerie of the Louvre and was intended to glorify French military history from the Battle of Tolbiac to the Battle of Wagram.

   3.2 km · museum in France · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Versailles Synagogue

   The Versailles Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 10, rue Albert Joly in Versailles in the Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region of France. Built between 1884 and 1886 by the architect Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, it was inaugurated in 1886, and is one of the oldest purpose-built synagogues in the Île-de-France region.

   3.9 km · synagogue located in Yvelines, in France · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Chapel of Versailles Palace

   The present chapel of the Palace of Versailles is the fifth in the history of the palace. These chapels evolved with the expansion of the château and formed the focal point of the daily life of the court during the Ancien Régime.

   3.2 km · church in the palace of Versailles, France · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Opéra royal de Versailles

   The Royal Opera of Versailles is the main theatre and opera house of the Palace of Versailles. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, it is also known as the Théâtre Gabriel.

   3.3 km · Opera house of the Palace of Versailles, France · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Potager du roi

   The Potager du roi, near the Palace of Versailles, produced fresh vegetables and fruits for the table of the court of Louis XIV. It was created between 1678 and 1683 by Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, the director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens. Today it is run by the École nationale supérieure du paysage, the grande école for landscape architects.

   2.5 km · garden in Versailles · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Cimetière des Gonards

    The Cimetière des Gonards is the largest cemetery in Versailles on the outskirts of Paris. It began operations in 1879.

    1.9 km · cemetery in Versailles, France · Wikipedia

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Getting to Buc

Airports

Paris-Orly (ORY), 18 km · Charles de Gaulle (CDG), 41 km · Beauvais-Tillé airport (BVA), 75 km

Stations

Gare de Versailles-Chantiers, 2.2 km · Versailles Château–Rive-Gauche, 2.6 km · Toussus-le-Noble Airport, 3.1 km · Gare de Versailles-Rive-Droite, 3.8 km · Gare de Montreuil, 3.8 km

• Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) → Buc

  40 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · €4.5–7
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• Beauvais → Buc

  73 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · €10–14
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• Lesquin → Buc

  214 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · €24–33
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