Roissy

Roissy-en-France is best known for hosting Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the largest airport in Europe. However, the historic city just outside the airport's gates retains its small-town charm, and has several points of interest if you're staying near the airport overnight, or just have a long layover.

Roissy is part of the Île-de-France region. This article also covers the nearby cities of Ecouen and Luzarches, which have a common tourism office.

Understand

St. Eloi Church

Get in

Free hotel shuttles leave from the airport bus stand at Terminal 2. The Black and Pink Lines will bring you to the hotels on Allée du Verger in the city center, while the Blue Line will take you the area near the Aéroville mall. You don't need a reservation at the hotels to use the shuttles.

See

Ruins of the Château des Caramans

• Parc de la Mairie. A small park between the city center and the hotels.
  • 1 Ruins of the Château des Caramans. A château that was destroyed during the French Revolution. Today, only a single wall and a detached doorway remain. (updated Jul 2018)
  • 2 Roissy Town Hall (Mairie). Originally a private house built in the 1930s. (updated Jul 2018)
  • 3 Roissy Cemetery. Includes a World War I monument. (updated Jul 2018)
  • 4 St. Eloi Church. Small 16th century Renaissance church. (updated Jul 2018)
• 5 Archéa. A museum of the archaeology of the Pays de France region. (updated Jul 2018)
• 6 National Museum of the Renaissance. Contains the Renaissance objects of the collections of the Musée de Cluny, in the historic 16th-century Château d'Écouen. (updated Jul 2018)
• 7 Air and Space Museum (Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace). (updated Jul 2018)

Do

• 1 Orangary Cultural Center (Centre Culturel de l'Orangerie). Includes a media center and holds shows about once a week during September–May. (updated Jul 2018)

Buy

• 1 Aéroville. The third largest shopping mall in France (updated Jul 2018)

Eat

• 1 Avenue Charles de Gaulle. Most of the restaurants in Roissy are along this street or Rue Dorval, which intersects it. (updated Jul 2018)

Sleep

• Most hotels are on the Allée du Verger.

Go next

• Le Bourget, home to an aerospace museum.

• Goussainville Vieux Pays, a village half-abandoned in the 70s that may be of interest to urban explorers.