Saint Maur des Fossés – EuroCheapo's Budget Travel Blog https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog EuroCheapo editors take on the world of budget travel. Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:54:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3 Saint Maur des Fossés: Paris Day Trips https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-day-trips-saint-maur-des-fosses.html https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-day-trips-saint-maur-des-fosses.html#respond Wed, 09 Mar 2016 16:18:52 +0000 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=44620 Little medieval secrets dot this wealthy suburb on the Marne River. The medieval chapel houses an elongated Virgin Mary statue that has been venerated since 1328. It was miraculously created, legend has it. (The sculptor claimed that he returned to his workshop one morning to find the statue had been mysteriously completed during the night.) » Read more

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]]> Little medieval secrets dot this wealthy suburb on the Marne River. The medieval chapel houses an elongated Virgin Mary statue that has been venerated since 1328. It was miraculously created, legend has it. (The sculptor claimed that he returned to his workshop one morning to find the statue had been mysteriously completed during the night.)

The ruins of a 9th-century abbey can also be found in the center park of this city, known as Le Parc de Saint Maur, including archways, a stone tower and a cellar. Also in the park are ruins from a 19th-century Italian-style manor.

To enjoy Saint Maur to its utmost, consider assembling a picnic lunch from the traditional French shops situated the main road leading away from the train station, Avenue Charles de Gaulle, which include a bakery, a butcher, a cheese shop and a wine shop. After gathering whatever cheese, lunch meats, drinks and baked goods that suit your fancy, tuck into your hearty French lunch among the ruins in the park.

Logistics

Travel time:
25 minutes from central Paris

How to get there:
Take the RER A to Le Parc du Saint Maur

Travel cost:
€2.75 from Paris RER station Chatelet Les Halles

See the map below for directions.

Other day trips

This is just one of our recommended day trips from our guide to “Fantastic Day Trips less than an Hour from Paris”. Click below to read more:

• Saint Germain en Laye

• The Saint Denis Cathedral and market

• Chateau de Vincennes and Parc Floral

• Chateau Malmaison

• Parc de Sceaux

• Island of the Impressionists

• Saint Maur des Fossés

• Drink, dance and boat along the River Marne

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