At La Folie du Bois des Fontaines, near the spa centre your tranquillity will be protected by a 8 hectare park.
You will leave Forges-les-Eaux through the Bois de l'Epinay to reach the Andelle valley.
The town of Sigy-en-Bray owns an interesting illustration of medieval architecture with the church from the former abbey founded in the XI th century. A bit farther at the Héron in the former castle, the park designed by Le Nôtre will attract your attention. It is the very place where Flaubert met her heroin Emma.
You will leave the Andelle valley at Vascoeuil to sink in the depths of the national forest of Lyons. The village of Lyons has kept its traditional aspect with half timbered houses, cob and old bricks. In the superb undergrowths of the immense beech forest you will discover the ruins of the Cistercian Mortemer abbey. As usual the site chosen to shelter the conventual buildings is particularly favorable to the meditation and the monastic life.
You will arrive at the heart of the Norman Vexin while watching the great amount and the quality of the local heritage, such as Ecouis where its collegiale church houses a remarkable statuary.
At the Andelys, you will find back the Seine valley through a majestic panorama from the panoramic view which overlooks the river and the remains from the medieval Château Gaillard fortress.
While travelling around the large loop of the river Seine along a particularly picturesque road you will find back the charm of Louviers after having crossed the river.
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