Noisy-le-Roi is a city of Yvelines, in the Ile-de-France, 10 km northwest of Versailles.
Its territory with an area of 5.5 km² occupies part of the plain of Versailles, and is urbanized as its fringe "is". In the north begins in fact the forest of Marly and south have been preserved farmland, long assigned to horticulture.
Noisy who had appeared in the Middle Ages has already pledged a castle when the site becomes royal property under Louis XIV in 1675, which earned him his name, close to the Versailles estate.
However, it remains that the remains of the castle where the king thought for a time to establish a schedule Invalides. The failed project, a more modest residence was built in the eighteenth.
The town then remained agricultural and known for its greenhouses, its urban and demographic development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, giving birth to an elegant small town and residential development in the green. There are now about 7800 people there. Near the forest of Marly and of course Versailles Noisy-le-Roi qu'appréciaient Impressionist offers visitors a heritage and a great leisure offer.
If the first castle of the city, built in the sixteenth century, has disappeared (except some ruins or old pavilion pleasure unearthed during excavations), the history of the parish church of Saint-Lubin is linked. The first church of the thirteenth century was indeed attached as lordly chapel of the building of Albert de Gondi, Duke, Marshal of France and a favorite time of Catherine de Medici. To compensate parishioners of the village, he built the present church. Somewhat revised later, it has preserved its original appearance with entourages of bricks.
A former coaching inn seventeenth century rehabilitated to house the current library (information +33 1 34 62 57 04), the former gatehouse of the castle (gate called Gondi), and especially the rose garden, old dependency of the park of the same castle, became a very nice public garden where are presented many rose varieties but also azaleas, hydrangeas, heaths, are also to be seen on a walk in the city and its surroundings.
The former convent of the Cordeliers (early seventeenth century) which served the religious chapel of the castle and the village church, now a private residence, still worth a look, as is the statue of the Centaur inaugurated in 1989 on the round develop oaks, due to Serge Manceau. It symbolizes the transition from the "old town" and the contemporary neighborhoods.
Also mention the viewpoint Sisley arranged on the terrace, adjacent to a reproduction of the artist, which helps to identify the common heritage features and landscapes that were immortalized by the impressionists artists. Finally, on the edge of the forest of Marly, north of the resort, battery Noisy-le-Roi built in 1875 integrated the Paris defense systems following the defeat of 1870, reveals a walking destination, especially as the gaps were filled and processed in footpaths.
The city also has sports facilities accessible to visitors. This is the case particularly of the pool dedicated to learning to swim but can also be refreshing in summer! The school will have priority but the pool is also open to the public during the autumn school holidays, February, April and July on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Information +33 1 34 62 64 05.
Near the stadium Sibano, a skate park 800m² is freely available for winter sports (skateboarding, roller skating and scooters). As for fans of tennis, as many as 12 outdoor courts and five indoor courts await them. And reservation information from the local club +33 1 34 62 63 13.
Close to the prestigious golf Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, north of the resort, on the edge of the forest, the Noisy-le-Roi Golf is particularly dedicated to young people or adults who want to practice and improve. In a pleasant, it has a driving range and a compact 9-hole course (par 27, 1,100 m long) designed to combine fun and learning, especially for gaming approach... Open all year. Rates for visitors: 31 and 34 euros depending on the season. Information +33 1 34 62 05 50.
Finally, for hikers or walkers outside the city to the charming avenues, two sites or routes are preferred.
The first is the part of the forest of Marly within the territory of Noisy and has a great interest in terms of botany, besides it is obviously a green lung in an otherwise very urban. Some trails are dotted with remarkable trees that can be recognized via downloadable applications. Incursions into other areas of the forest are clearly possible.
The second "must" is the course of the Impressionists, which crosses Noisy-le-Roi but also the neighboring municipalities as Marly-le-Roi, or Bougival Chatou. It tracks the landscapes and sights that have immortalized many of the Impressionist masters, who loved the area, such Sisley.
In both cases, maps and information +33 1 30 61 61 35 or +33 1 30 80 08 30.
