In Fontainebleau

• Château de Fontainebleau
• The forest of Fontainebleau (hiking, bicycling, rock climbing)
• Museum of art and military history
• National museum of prisons
• Center of modern archives

More information can be found at the site of Fontainebleau tourist office.

Around Fontainebleau

• Barbizon (impressionist painters village)
• Moret-sur-Loing (charming town with a lot of history, also a magnificent source of inspiration for impressionist painters)
• Melun
• Vaux-le-Vicomte (hosting the prototype of Versailles castle)

Paris

There are many tourist attractions in Paris. Please consult the Paris tourist office for more information.

Other suggestions

Loire valley is at less than 100km from Fontainebleau. More than two hundred castles can be visited. The most known are Chambord, Cheverny, Chaumont, Talcy, Chenonceau, Villandry, Amboise, Blois, Valençay. The best way to visit them is to hire a car.

Normandy coast is at 200km from Fontainebleau.