COTTAGE IN FONTAINEBLEAU - ACTIVITIES
Our cottages are located in the heart of a real green lung where can be practiced all kinds of activities, we also offer rental of crash-pads for the practice of climbing.
CLIMBING
The forest of Fontainebleau is an internationally known for climbing block place, this is one of the most beautiful sites of climbing in France. Sandstones of Fontainebleau are famous for their low height and the strange shapes of the rocks known by lovers of climbing.
Karma the first Federal France climbing hall is open. It offers a wall of 12 m tall (and up to 6 m of advance) with 33 lines of belay, a block of 4 m area 50 high allowing a hundred channels at all levels as well as a climbing baby.
CHILLS IN THE FOREST WITH "NO LIMIT ADVENTURE"
Nolimit Aventure : offers four exceptional leisure parks to practice Paintball, tree climbing, canoeing, Combat of Sumo, the archery among others.
SLED DOGS
Discovery of the summer activities of the dogs of sleds in forest of Fontainebleau: initiation into the driving of kart, cani-cross, cani-hike(cani-ride).
HORSE RIDING
Located 6 kilometres from Nemours, in the field of the Château Saint-Louis in the heart of tens of hectares of the sumptuous and greenery of Nanteau's forest, the Rafaele Mallet equestrian centre offers different activities on horseback. The opportunity to escape or improve yourself in a natural setting, ancestral and carefully preserved.
The center riding horse of Nemours welcomes children from 3 to 15 years and offers riding lessons and riding on horseback.
CASTLE OF FONTAINEBLEAU
Close to Paris and nestled in the heart of a large notable forest, Fontainebleau labelled 'Imperial City' was all time the privileged hunting venue of great sovereigns. It is one of the most beautiful castles furnished with: the Big Apartments, the Gallery of Diane, Napoleon museum, the Chinese museum, the Gallery of François 1er.
Enjoy your visit to browse its fleet: its French Gardens created by Le Nôtre the, English gardens and gardens of Diane, the Park and the Court of Ladies, the Carpus pond.
CASTLE OF VAUX-LE-VICOMTE
A beautiful walk in Seine-et-Marne, where the caste of Vaux le Vicomte was built by Fouquet helped by the architect Le Vau, the painter Le Brun and the landscape worker Le Nôtre.
It is a masterpiece of classical architecture; it will serve as a model for the construction of the Palace of Versailles.
This visit is a must.
POLIGNY - WALKS AROUND THE GITES
To learn about nice and quiet strolls around the gites and near the village, you can check the page "Tourism in Poligny" which displays all the local walking circuits.
Very near from the cottages, we recommend the restaurant "I Giardini di Marzo" with specialities from France, Italy and Portugal.
CANOEING
Around SOUPPES-SUR-LOING, there is a beautiful lake, the classified leisure base "Blue flag" offers also canoeing on the Loing's rivers, from May to October. Visitors can enjoy a swim in the lake; wich is supervised, from June to late August.
CHATEAU-LANDON
Overlooking the verdant valleys of Fusain and the Loing's river, from the top of its rocky promontory, the medieval city was the birthplace of the lineage of the Plantagenêts and pilgrimage way on the road to Compostelle. With its ramparts, towers, its church and the imposing architecture of the former Abbey of Saint-Severin, its hanging gardens, its mills and washhouses,Château-Landon provides a powerful site and a rich past which visitors can discover through a path.
NEMOURS
Charming little town very close to the gites with :
- Château-Musée : exhibition "Au Féminin" up to 19 février 2017 : 150 paintings about woman representation between 1850 and 1914.
- Museum of Préhistoire
- Vedette panoramique du Loing : cruise on canal du Loing and discover hidden landscapes of Pays de Nemours.
BARBIZON
The Painters's Museum. Discover a selection of commented works of the Museum of the Barbizon painters including the paintings of Theodore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet, Narcisse Diaz de la Peña or Camille Corot.
EGREVILLE
The jardin musée Bourdelle hosts a set of 57 bronze sculptures depicting the work of Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929).
LARCHANT
The Church Saint-Mathurin is located in the heart of Fontainebleau's forest, close to climbing site of the Elephant and the Dame Jouanne.
MORET-SUR-LOING
The romantic city of Moret-sur-Loing transports its visitors at the time of the Impressionists. A course "in the footsteps of Alfred Sisley" invites to find unchanged patterns, immortalized by the painter during the decade he spent at Moret-sur-Loing. The fortified gates, narrow alleys, the church Notre-Dame, the Donjon, the bridge and the banks of the Loing have saved their medieval and picturesque nature. Also to see the barley sugar's Museum and the Conservatory of the bike.