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Beauvais

Beauvais

Beauvais is a town and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, 75 kilometres north of Paris.

Plan a trip to Beauvais From Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)
Get in

Getting to Beauvais

  1. 01
    Paris–Beauvais Airport

    This airport is used by a number of discount airlines such as Ryanair.

  2. 02
    Gare de Beauvais

    Opened in 1857 this station mostly sees TER service.

  3. 03
    TER-Picardie bus line connects Amiens and Beauvais

    A16 towards Paris and towards Amiens, from where the motorways leave towards Rouen, Reims, Lille.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Cathedral Saint Pierre

    This cathedral built in Gothic style, features the world's tallest vault; but as a very tall central tower collapsed in the 16th century, the building was not finished.

  2. 02
    MUDO - Musée départemental

    This museum is housed in a former Bishop's palace.

  3. 03
    Église Saint-Étienne
Do

Things to do

Plan d'eau du Canada: a large body of water at the exit of the city, it offers boats and a beach that has been labelled European Blue Flag for several years. See a film, a concert, or a show. Fly the Fouga Magister fighter jet. A unique jet fighter ride from Beauvais airport, you can fly on Fouga Magister, the former French patrol plane.

Eat

Where to eat

Some good restaurants at fairly low prices: "Le Touco", "Le Zinc Bleu". There are all types of restaurants in Beauvais: many Chinese restaurants several Japanese restaurants several pizzerias including Nino, the best in Beauvais (Rue du

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