Discover Choisy-Le-Roi: Parks and Culture

Choisy-le-Roi combines a protected municipal park with a rich cultural and industrial history. When choosing a hotel, you can consider whether you would like to focus on landscapes, architecture, art or outdoor activities during your stay. The city offers specific points of interest for all these interests, from the tree-lined Parc municipal to the history of ceramic production.

Green Spaces and Outdoor Activities

The Parc municipal in Choisy-le-Roi is a protected, tree-lined urban park. Its romantic design and traces of the former château were the basis for its protected status. The park thus combines a green urban setting with a tangible connection to the history of the former château. If you would like to include both culture and green spaces in your travel plans, it offers a striking introduction to the landscape history of Choisy-le-Roi.

The Parc interdépartemental des sports de Choisy Paris-Val-de-Marne has a different focus. It includes a 30-hectare lake and offers outdoor activities such as jogging, cycling and mountain biking, roller skating, skateboarding, climbing and strength training.

The Base Nautique de Choisy-le-Roi is also located in the park. Club members can sail, windsurf, row, and go canoeing and kayaking there. Since these activities require club membership, check the current access requirements in advance if water sports are a reason for your travel plans. Club membership is an important distinction from the other activities available in the park.

The Ferme du Parc des Gondoles can be visited without a guided tour and is home to domestic and farm animals. Visiting hours may change, so it is advisable to check before your visit.

Architecture, Art and Local History

Rouget de Lisle, composer of the Marseillaise, lived in Choisy-le-Roi for ten years and died there on June 26, 1836, at the age of 76. Louis XV commissioned the Cathedral of Saint-Louis Saint-Nicolas in 1748 and assigned its design to Ange-Jacques Gabriel. Choisy-le-Roi’s history thus brings together a personal biography and a royal building commission.

Two 18th-century gatehouses stand at the entrance to Parc de la Mairie. The same park is home to Louise Bourgeois’ sculpture “Les Bienvenus.” The historic pavilions and the sculpture are two distinct cultural points of interest.

The Faïencerie Boulenger was one of Choisy-le-Roi’s largest factories and employed up to 1,400 workers; it no longer exists today. It produced tableware, decorative objects and tiles, which were sold throughout France and around the world. In 1889, Hippolyte Boulenger secured two-thirds of the market for wall coverings in the Paris Métro, supplying the well-known small white beveled enamel tiles. Its production history thus spans everything from tableware and decorative items to a specific contribution to the design of the Métro.

La Tannerie is a conservatory for music, dance and visual arts housed in a former tannery. Here, a former commercial use and cultural functions come together in one place.

Getting There and Getting Around

Choisy-le-Roi station is served by RER line C from several parts of Paris. If you are planning to travel by train, it is advisable to check the current timetable before setting off.

Discover more destinations: Saint-Mandé, La Queue-en-Brie, Santeny, Vincennes, Orly, Saint-Maur-Des-Fossés, Villejuif, Charenton-Le-Pont

For the broader travel overview: Val-De-Marne.