Some parks and castles within a 100 km perimeter around Paris are reopening these days to visitors on the occasion of the Ascension Bridge, but the largest, from Versailles to Sceaux, are still suspended from the evolution of the coronavirus .
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The Château de Chantilly in the Oise and the Abbey of Chaalis open this Thursday
Among those that Ile-de-France residents can discover or rediscover this weekend, the Château de Chantilly in the Oise, north of Paris, will open its doors from Thursday. But for the moment neither the park nor the Grandes Ecuries will be accessible. Visitors will be able to enjoy the beautiful exhibition of drawings and engravings, which had been inaugurated shortly before confinement, "Raphaël à Chantilly. The master and his pupils". The Chaalis Abbey, near Ermenonville, also in the Oise, also benefits from the administrative green light and opens on Thursday.
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Vaux-le-Vicomte limited to 1,000 visitors
Similarly, the private domain of Vaux-le-Vicomte received the green light from the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne. "By limiting the number of visitors to 1,000 (for an area of 400 hectares, or an area of 4,000 m2 per visitor)," notes the family of Vogüé, owner. The famous Parterre of the Superintendent of Finances Nicolas Fouquet could not be planted, the 10,000 flowers which must be delivered to the Ascension will be distributed free to visitors.
The 410 hectares of Georges-Valbon park, in Seine-Saint-Denis, accessible
In Seine-Saint-Denis, without castle or particle this time, it is the Georges-Valbon park - 410 hectares in the cities of La Courneuve, Saint-Denis, Stains and Dugny - which has reopened since May 14. It is the largest of the eight parks in the department, a real green lung in a densely populated area. The most famous parks around Paris are still inaccessible. This is the case for the huge park and the Palace of Versailles, as are the Domains of Saint-Cloud and Sceaux, until further notice.
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Fontainebleau park should reopen on June 2
In Fontainebleau, the park should reopen next Monday, the gardens on June 2, and the castle in early July, the estate said on Wednesday in a press release. In Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the national archeology museum and the park are still closed, but for the museum, "management, it is said, is awaiting the agreement of the Ministry of Culture after negotiations with trade unions ". Many of these popular areas of visitors are waiting to see what the government will say on June 2 on the evolution of the pandemic and deconfinement.