Rueil-Malmaison
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Get in
Another easy way in is via the RER line A1 from Paris centre.
See
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Château de Malmaison
phone: +33 1 41 29 05 55address: Avenue du château de MalmaisonThis beautifully restored castle was once the residence of Napoleon's wife Joséphine de Beauharnais, who cultivated a wide range of exotic plant species in the orangery and greenhouse she had built. For a while, it was also part of the headquarters for the French government. Today it serves as a fine museum about Napoleonic times in France, including original interior decorations and furniture as well as some fine gardens and a great park. Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul churchJoséphine de Beauharnais was buried in the pretty town church, which you'll find right in the centre.
Barracks of the Swiss GuardListed as a national monument, these barracks were built in the mid 18th century.