What's Fontainebleu near Paris like?

Question

Have the opportunity of a few days at Fontainebleu and can't make up my mind whether or not to go. What's it like and is it worth all the fuss?

Answer 1

Fontainebleau is a popular tourist destination: 300,000 people visit the palace and about 11 million people visit the forest. This is a place so beautiful that only pictures can start to give you an idea about what you are going to see...

Fontainebleau forest

The forest of Fontainebleau surrounds the city and dozens of villages. It is protected by France's Office National des Forêts and is recognised as a national park that is managed partly to conserve its wild plants and trees (such as the Service Tree of Fontainebleau) and its valuable population of birds, mammals and butterflies. It is a former royal hunting park often visited by walkers and horse riders. The forest is also well regarded for bouldering, and is particularly popular amongst climbers.

Legend says that it was given to Robin Hood by Richard The Lionheart.

Royal Château de Fontainebleau

The Royal Château de Fontainebleau is a large castle where the Renaissance was introduced to France from 1528 onwards.

http://www.linternaute.com/sortir/chatea...

Other notable places

    * The European (and historical) campus of INSEAD business school, and research laboratories from the École des Mines de Paris are located in Fontainebleau.

    * The graves of G. I. Gurdjieff and Katherine Mansfield can be found in the cemetery at Avon.

Here is a map of this beautiful city:

http://www.ensmp.fr/Image/fontainebleau-...