UNESCO Site Château de Fontainebleau and Gardens Guided Tour

Explore the magnificent Château de Fontainebleau, a former medieval fortress transformed by Francis I into a Renaissance masterpiece and later expanded by generations of French monarchs and emperors. Discover the grand royal apartments, Renaissance rooms, royal chapels, and Napoleon I’s Imperial Apartments, including the historic throne room and rooms associated with his final days in power. Learn about Napoleon’s abdication in 1814 and his emotional farewell to the Imperial Guard before exile. Continue through the Napoleon I Museum, home to imperial furniture, artworks, costumes, weapons, and Sèvres porcelain. Discover how these collections reveal the grandeur of the First French Empire and Napoleon’s rise, reign, and fall. End your visit in the château’s spectacular gardens and 130-hectare park, including the Grand Parterre, Diana Garden, English Garden, and Grand Canal.