Our guide will pick you up at the hotel around 8.30 am to spend a beautiful day visiting two majestic castles : Fontainebleau and Vaux le Vicomte with a stop in the village of Barbizon. You will spend the whole morning visiting the Palace of Fontainebleau and Barbizon (please report to the Fontainebleau tour described in our web site to get all necessary informations ).
Afterwards you will have free time for lunch. Our guide will advice you where to get a lunch or just a snack either in the city of Fontainebleau where there are some tasty restaurants or in the Vaux le Vicomte typical restaurant which is located in the old stable of the Palace.
The afternoon will dedicate to visit Vaux le Vicomte : the Nicolas Fouquet’s estate, the lord high treasurer of Louis XIV. The palace is one of the most modern and elegant masterpiece that none of the royal properties can yet compete with. Irritated by such ostentation, the young King Louis XIV, condemned Fouquet to life imprisonment, and took from Vaux le Vicomte his inspiration to build Versailles.
Our guide will give you an audio guide to visit the Apartments of the Palace richly furnished with 17th and 18th century’s furniture and tapestries. You will have a complete spectrum of the life style of the nobility of the 17th century as you will visit the entire Palace from the cellar, the kitchen, the private apartments to the attic!
The French gardens of Vaux le Vicomte designed by Le Notre are magic and peaceful surrounded by a deep forest with a large canal and fountains. You will appreciate to calmly stroll in the alleys of the estate.
Vaux le Vicomte is a setting you will not forget. You will be back at your hotel around 5.00 pm

Duration of the tour : around 9 hours 

Tickets included. 

• Fontainebleau & Barbizon

  
  From 89.00 €
  

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