What to do · Pierrefonds and Compiègne
The Palace Park and the Beaux-Monts Vista
Information
- Price
- Free
- Duration
- 1 h 30
- Distance
- 4 km
- Season
- All year; 8:00 to 17:00 from November to February
- Who it's for
- All ages
Behind the palace, the park opens onto an avenue some 4 km long and about sixty metres wide that cuts into the forest: the Beaux-Monts vista. Legend has it that Napoleon I opened it in a single night for his second wife, Marie-Louise, to remind her of Schönbrunn; in fact it was finished in 1823.
Opening hours
The park is free. It opens at 8:00 and closes at 17:00 from November to February, at 18:00 in March, from mid-September to October and until 15 April, and at 19:00 from 16 April to 15 September. In the park are the restaurant and tea room Le Jardin des Roses and a kiosk.
With young childrenAs a family
