Fontainebleau travel guide
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Visit Fontainebleau: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Fontainebleau is situated in the Seine-et-Marne department (Paris region) in the Paris region of France at 16 km from Melun, the department capital. (General information: Fontainebleau is 56 km from Paris and 290 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Yevre-le-Chatel at 38 km from Fontainebleau
Popular places to visit near Fontainebleau: these include Yevre-le-Chatel at 38 km and Sens at 47 km.
Moret-sur-Loing is a listed 'recommended detour' at 9km and Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) is a listed 'religious monument' at 13km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Fontainebleau, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Fontainebleau
Note that all distances from Fontainebleau shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Fontainebleau holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Fontainebleau (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Paris and Seine-et-Marne gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Fontainebleau and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Courances (17km) : Parc du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (18km) : Parc de Chamarande (37km) : Parc de Courson (46km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) (13km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (40km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (41km) : Eglises de Saint Loup (Saint-Loup-de-Naud) (41km) : Collegiale Saint Quiriace (Provins) (47km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Boiscommun) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Melun (16km) : Le Mee-sur-Seine (16km) : Creteil (45km) : Maisons-Alfort (48km) : Sens (49km) : Quiers-sur-Bezonde (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Provins (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Etampes (39km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Moret-sur-Loing (9km) : Montargis (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Fontainebleau & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Fontainebleau
Canton: Fontainebleau
Arrondissement: Fontainebleau
Department: Seine-et-Marne
Region: Paris
Postcode: 77300
Distance to Fontainebleau
from Melun: 16 km
from Paris: 56 km
from Calais: 290 km
from Nice: 630 km
from Bordeaux: 469 km
from Strasbourg: 373 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Fontainebleau): Avon, Hericy, Samois-sur-Seine, Samoreau and Vulaines-sur-Seine.
Getting here
For driving distances to Fontainebleau from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Fontainebleau