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Palace of Versailles
Opulent royal palace and gardens that served as the seat of French power from 1682 until the Revolution.
7 km · about 10 min drive
Île-de-France, France · Europe
Bougival works well as a base: 5 minutes from Garches, 7km from Palace of Versailles.
Bougival is a town located in Île-de-France, France. With a population of 8,895, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Bougival sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bougival to your route.
Bougival (French pronunciation: [buʒival] ) is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is located 15.3 km (9.5 mi) west from the centre of Paris, on the left bank of the River Seine, on the departmental border with Hauts-de-Seine.
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Impressionists (including Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot and Auguste Renoir) painted country scenes along the Seine, the town today hosts a series of six historical placards, known as the "Impressionists Walk", at locations from which the noted painters depicted the scenes of Bougival.
Bougival is also noted as the site of the Machine de Marly, a sprawling, complicated hydraulic pumping device that began supplying the massive quantity of water required by the fountains at Palace of Versailles in the late 17th century. Considered one of the foremost engineering accomplishments of its era, the cacophonous, breakdown-prone apparatus comprised fourteen waterwheels (approximately 38 feet in diameter) driven by the current of the Seine — in turn powering more than 250 pumps, delivering water up a 500-foot vertical rise through a series of pumping stations, holding tanks, reservoirs, pipes and mechanical linkages. In use until 1817, the machine was subsequently updated, replaced with another pumping building in 1858 and finally replaced by an electrical generator in 1963. The building itself remained until 1968. Remnants are visible today at the riverbank.
In Bougival, Georges Bizet composed the opera Carmen at his home on Rue Ivan Tourguenievf on the Seine, close to where Russian novelist and playwright Ivan Turgenev had a dacha built, named Les Frênes (current-day Villa Viardot). A local monument commemorates the Montgolfier brothers, pioneers of flight; the commune hosts the annual Festival of Bougival et des Coteaux de Seine.
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Bougival is located in Île-de-France, France, Europe. The coordinates are 48.8622 latitude, 2.1415 longitude.
Bougival has a population of approximately 8,895 people, making it a town in France.
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Opulent royal palace and gardens that served as the seat of French power from 1682 until the Revolution.
7 km · about 10 min drive
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Iconic iron lattice tower built in 1889 that has become the most recognized symbol of Paris and France.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Monumental triumphal arch honouring those who fought for France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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The striking automotive showroom and brand experience on the Champs-Élysées showcasing French automotive design and innovation.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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Renault's flagship lifestyle space on the Champs-Élysées combining concept cars, a boutique, and a stylish cafe-restaurant.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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World-famous tree-lined avenue stretching from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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A jewel of a museum in the Tuileries housing Monet's monumental Water Lilies murals in two purpose-built oval rooms.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Largest public square in Paris at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées, anchored by a 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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