La Roche-Guyon

Tucked into a bend of the Seine at the foot of a chalk cliff, the village grew up around its château, held by the La Rochefoucauld family since 1669. A passage of 250 steps cut through the rock climbs to the medieval keep on the clifftop. In 1944 the château served as Rommel's headquarters; today visitors come for its kitchen garden and the river views.

Highlights

• The Château de La Roche-Guyon and its clifftop keep (FR)
• The château's fruit and vegetable garden of 32 triangular beds
• Boves, troglodyte dwellings dug into the chalk
• The GR 2 footpath along the Seine and the crest road
• The Vexin français regional nature park

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.