Limours

Limours, also known traditionally Limours-en-Hurepoix, is both the center of this natural region and point "climax".
The Hurepoix is defined as all the Parisian southern valleys (Bièvre, Yvette, Salmouille, Prédecelle, Rémarde, Barley and Vixen) who dig the thickness of Beauce plateau to flow eastward all the Seine. This forms a coherent geological and landscape ensemble of high agricultural plateaus cut by steep forest glens.
Limours is on Prédecelle.

Limours is a rural village whose commercial back at least to 1506, date of creation of markets, and at the time of a hall.
This was especially the place of a Renaissance castle, which had its heyday when it was a royal resort (Charles V, Francis I, Anne Pisseleu, Diane, Henry III, Richelieu, Louis XIII, Gaston d'Orléans...) until the total destruction of the castle following the Revolution.

The Church of St. Peter placed on the ISMH (Inventory of Historical Monuments). It dates from the Renaissance. Its stained glass windows, four windows in apse classified MH in 1888, are original. They represent the Passion of Christ.
The Romanian Orthodox chapel, the Church of the Synaxis of the Mother of God was entirely built of wood in 2002, but in the rules of medieval art in Romania. Frescoes and icons decorate marvelously the inside.
The bikeway Paris-Chartres-Mont Saint-Michel, officially "the Véloscénie" through Limours. She finds two elements of great interest:

The remains of the concrete runway of Jean Bertin Aérotrain.
The viaduct over which it passes, and offers a beautiful view of Limours and the Prédecelle Valley.

Last name	Activity type	Rate	City
Visit to the Domaine de Dampierre-en-Yvelines	Culture and education	10 €	Dampierre-en-Yvelines (9.3 km)
Dramatised walk: Enchanting paths	Culture and education	25 €	Jouy-en-Josas (15.1 km)
Admission to the Château de Rambouillet and its French gardens	Culture and education	11 €	Rambouillet (19.1 km)
Helicopter Flight over Paris and Versailles	Entertainment	399 €	Paris (25 km)
Guided backstage tour of the Roland-Garros Stadium	Culture and education	19 €	Paris (26 km)

Last name	Outing type	Difficulty	Duration	Departure municipality
The Impressionist Seine, from Careers to Croissy-sur-Seine	All-terrain bike itinerary	Easy	1:30	Chatou (28 km)
Beaumont Star Trail	Hike	Easy	35 min	Saint-Germain-en-Laye (29 km)
Paris illuminations	Car itinerary	Easy	2:00	Paris (31 km)
Cave Art Path	Hike	Easy	1:30	Le Vaudoué (46 km)
The greenway with canoeing nature Anet	Hike	Easy	4:15	Oulins (52 km)

Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Essonne