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Forêt de Lyons is one of France’s great natural sites — bring good shoes and a camera. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Forêt de Lyons
Rolling over the chalk plateau of the Normandy Vexin, the Forêt de Lyons is renowned as one of the most beautiful beech forests in France, a luminous domain of tall, silver-grey trunks and dappled green light. At its heart lies the enchanting village of Lyons-la-Forêt, a cluster of half-timbered houses often ranked among the loveliest in the country, along with the romantic ruins of Mortemer Abbey. Straight rides and gentle paths invite walking, cycling and riding beneath the great beeches, and the forest has long inspired painters and writers drawn to its calm perfection. Elegant, historic and quintessentially Norman, the Forêt de Lyons is a serene woodland escape in the green heart of the Eure.