The parks and gardens of Sénonais

Depart from the town of Sens, latitude 48.1997800 (N 48° 11’ 59”), longitude 3.2824400 (E 3° 16’ 57”)

• Tourist Office

• Departure from the tourist office.

• Captains Field Park

• This park is made up of wooded areas, orchards, flowering meadows and a conservatory of Sénonais grape varieties.

• Mill Park at Tan

• Built in 1887, this park offers a variety of landscape scenes and greenhouses collections of tropical plants. Free admission every day from 8am to dusk and from 2.30pm to 5pm for tropical greenhouses.

• Jean Cousin Square

• Created in 1880, this garden still has various trees and shrubs dating from its creation. Admire the mosaic culture around the statue of the French artist Jean Cousin. Free entrance every day from 8h to 20h30.

• The Poterne

• The oldest monumental ensemble of Sens, testimony of the city at the end of the Gallo-Roman era.

• Gardens of the Orangery

• This beautiful French garden, once the archbishop's private garden, adjoins the Orangery building, now a temporary exhibition hall.
• Free entrance to the garden every day from 8h to 20h30. For exhibitions: +33 3.86.64.46.22

• Wash house of Gué Saint-Jean

• Former wash house and watering trough for animals which also allowed to feed the ditches of the city thanks to Rû de Mondereau.

• Former Saint John Hospital

• Beautiful 13th century church, restored in the 17th century and former abbey.

• Arena Street

• This street delimits the site of the former Gallo-Roman amphitheater, now extinct.

• Ballastière Park

• The origin of the park dates back to the end of the 19th century. This place served as a ballast extraction site for the construction of the Sens-Troyes railway line.
• Free admission every day, from April 1st to September 30th, from 9am to 8pm, from October 1st to March 31st from 9am to 6pm.

• Church of St. Clement

• Church of the 12th century, rebuilt in the 18th century.

• The Azon Fountain

This is where the martyrdom of Sainte-Colombe took place.

• Former Abbey of Sainte-Colombe

• This abbey was founded by Clotaire II on the tomb of Sainte Colombe in 620.

• Back: Tourist Office

• Arrival at the Tourist Office.