Savigny-sur-Orge works well as a base: 5 minutes from Ballainvilliers, 20km from Notre-Dame de Paris.
Savigny-sur-Orge is in Île-de-France, France, with about 40,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ballainvilliers, about 4 km away.
Savigny-sur-Orge (French pronunciation: [saviɲi syʁ ɔʁʒ] ; lit. 'Savigny-on-Orge') or simply Savigny is a commune in the southern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Essonne department, 19.1 km (11.9 mi) from the centre of Paris.
It is home to a renowned high school, the Lycée Jean-Baptiste Corot – LeRead more Château, comprising a 15th-century château, which was the property of Louis-Nicolas Davout, Duke of Auerstaedt, Prince of Eckmühl, a marshal of France under Napoleon. Davout served as mayor, and the city's main square bears his name.
Inhabitants of Savigny-sur-Orge are known as Saviniens (masculine) and Saviniennes (feminine) in French. Writer Patrick Erouart-Siad (born 1955 in Savigny) won the 1993 Prix Ève Delacroix of the Académie Française. During the 2005 civil unrest, Savigny-sur-Orge was the first city to implement a curfew.
Within an hour or so of Savigny-sur-Orge: Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery (10 km), Jardin du Luxembourg (19 km), Notre-Dame de Paris (20 km), Louvre Museum (20 km).
Are there any good drives near Savigny-sur-Orge?
The nearest famous roads are Rouen-Les-Essarts.
Where is Savigny-sur-Orge?
Savigny-sur-Orge is in Île-de-France, France, about 4 km from Ballainvilliers.
Road trip
Drive to Savigny-sur-Orge
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
Legendary 1924 banked concrete speed bowl south of Paris where dozens of land-speed and endurance records were set; its steep bankings still host classic-car festivals like Les Grandes Heures Automobiles.
10 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Jardin du Luxembourg
Paris's most elegant formal garden, where Parisians sail toy boats around a fountain below the Senate palace.
19 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
Notre-Dame de Paris
Gothic masterpiece on the Île de la Cité, one of the most famous cathedrals in the world.
20 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Louvre Museum
The world's largest and most visited art museum, home to the Mona Lisa and over 380,000 objects spanning thousands of years.
20 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Musée d'Orsay
Housed in a stunning Beaux-Arts railway station, it holds the world's finest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces.
20 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Centre Pompidou
An iconic inside-out building housing Europe's largest collection of modern and contemporary art.
20 km · about 25 min drive
cafe
Cafe de Flore
Legendary Saint-Germain cafe, open since the 1880s, where Sartre, de Beauvoir and Picasso held court; its green-and-gold terrace remains an essential Paris stop for people-watching over a cafe creme.
20 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Musée de l'Orangerie
A jewel of a museum in the Tuileries housing Monet's monumental Water Lilies murals in two purpose-built oval rooms.