Fontainebleau Attractions: 6 Visitor Guides
Fontainebleau's château and its gardens, including the Grand Parterre and Jardin de Diane, sit at the edge of the vast Forêt de Fontainebleau. These guides cover each visit.
Fontainebleau attraction guides
Château de Fontainebleau: A Visitor's Guide to the Palace
The Château de Fontainebleau is a royal and imperial palace a few steps from the centre of Fontainebleau, about 40 minutes from Paris. Here is what to see, how to reach it and how much time the interiors and gardens deserve.
Forêt de Fontainebleau Guide: Forest and Climbing Trails
The Forêt de Fontainebleau is a state-owned massif of more than 22,000 hectares in Seine-et-Marne, loved by walkers and climbers for its sandstone chaos. This guide covers how it is laid out, where to start, how much time to give it, and the access restrictions that followed the July 2026 fire.
Grand Parterre, Fontainebleau: Visiting the Château Gardens
The Grand Parterre is the formal garden inside the Château de Fontainebleau grounds, a short walk from the palace and from the streets of Fontainebleau itself. This guide covers where it sits, why its layout looks the way it does, how much time to give it and how it fits alongside the palace interiors.
Jardin de Diane, Fontainebleau: Visiting Guide
The Jardin de Diane is a small English-style garden in the western grounds of Château de Fontainebleau, named for a fountain crowned by Diana the Huntress. It works best as a ten- to twenty-minute stop inside a longer circuit of the park, gardens and Carp Pond.
Musée Stéphane Mallarmé: A Visitor Guide to the Poet's House
The Musée Stéphane Mallarmé occupies the former inn at Valvins where the Symbolist poet spent his summers from 1874 until his death. Inside are his dining room, a Japanese cabinet and the garden he tended, a short trip from Fontainebleau.
Église Saint-Louis Fontainebleau: Visiting Guide
Église Saint-Louis sits at 2 rue de la Paroisse in the heart of Fontainebleau, a short walk from the château and rue Royale. It is an active parish church rather than a ticketed monument, so a visit takes minutes rather than hours and fits best around the service schedule.