Top Things to do in Milly-la-Foret
The 10 Best Things to do in Milly-la-Foret, Ile-de-France
Discover the best top things to do in Milly-la-Foret, France including Jasmine Spa, Les Delices Fromagers, Maison de Jean Cocteau, Chapelle Saint Blaise des Simples, La Halle, Le Cyclop, Conservatoire National des Plantes, Atout Branches, Office de Tourisme de Milly-la-Foret, Espace Culturel Paul Bedu.
1. Jasmine Spa
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
2. Les Delices Fromagers
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5.0 based on 14 reviews
3. Maison de Jean Cocteau
4. Chapelle Saint Blaise des Simples
5. La Halle
6. Le Cyclop
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4.5 based on 95 reviews
Open from April to October. The Cyclop is a concrete and metal sculpture partially covered in mirrors. It is a giant’s head planted in the ground and scrutinising the surroundings with its one eye. It can be visited as if it were a museum where you discover a complex world full of intimacy and friendship, a world that is both serious and full of humour, a maze of artworks and curiosities. It stands proud in the middle of the Forest of Milly, as tall as a seven-storey building. Jean Tinguely, his wife Niki de Saint Phalle and their friends started work on the project in 1969. Many artists worked with them in a fun, family atmosphere. They had no planning permission and they funded it themselves, working with recycled materials. The sculpture was provocative and it was regularly vandalised. In 1987, Jean Tinguely decided to donate it to the French State. The Cyclop was finished 25 years after work had begun and it was opened to the public in 1994. A cultural and artistic programme The Cyclop began to reach out to contemporary creation in 2012. Since then, it has helped artists in the conception of works in three areas relevant to the site: artistic research combining music and the visual arts, collaborative artistic creation (artists working together), and relating to nature. Artists’ residencies, contemporary art exhibitions, performances, and lectures on The Cyclop encourage a cross-fertilisation of the worlds of creativity and research. In 2015, The Cyclop was inaugurating series of meetings under the title ‘Contrée film & video’. Throughout the season, in a converted container close to the sculpture, there will be screenings of artists’ videos and documentary films. Some of these screenings will be linked with programmed events at The Cyclop.
7. Conservatoire National des Plantes
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4.5 based on 12 reviews
- The Conservatory is closed from Monday 29th October 2018 to Monday 1st April 2019 - The Conservatoire National des Plantes a Parfum, Medicinales, et Aromatiques (4 hectares), formerly known as the Conservatoire National des Plantes Medicinales Aromatiques et Industrielles (CNPMAI), is a nonprofit botanical garden located on the Route de Nemours, Milly-la-Foret, Essonne, Ile-de-France, France. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
8. Atout Branches
9. Office de Tourisme de Milly-la-Foret
10. Espace Culturel Paul Bedu
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4.0 based on 9 reviews
The Cultural Exhibition Center Paul Bédu presents temporary exhibitions and Paul Bédu's, great art-lover, private collection. The later gathers drawings, works of art, paintings, etc. (of Marie Laurencin and Charles Camoin, for instance) and the famous painting called "BORONALI" hoax from beginning of the 20th century whose real author is a donkey called Lolo of the "Lapin Agile" (cabaret in Paris). We can also discover exceptional and unique works of the poète Jean Cocteau honorary citizen of the town.
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