The "Privilège" visit of the interior of the castle is for groups only, and by reservation.

Our group rates are negociated on a thirty person minimum basis. So, we advise you to make your reservation at least two months ahead. 

Comments : (like many historical monuments) :
All pets, dogs and other animals are forbidden inside and outside the park.

• Rates for the visit of the castle and the park

For groups of more than 100 people, a guided tour of the grounds, the castle and the village church is possible.

• Description

  Highly elegant, the interior has preserved its original decorative elements : an 18th century bookcase with paneling, a dining-room with late 16th century Flemish tapestries and a Swiss earthenware stove, ornamented with hunting scenes and allegories.

WALKING AROUND THE GROUNDS

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Statues : Saint Joseph and Ceres
Hunting table so romantic place !	Ice house XVIIth century restored thanks friends of château de Bourron
wild hyacinthe, daffodils and drill snow

• Rates for the visit of the park

Adult : 2 €
Child (from 5 to 10) : 1 €

Opening hours : morning from 9.00 am to 12.00 am, afternoon from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm

Visiting days :Week days only in July and September

Comments : (like many historical monuments) :
All pets, dogs and other animals are forbidden inside and outside the park.

• Description

Surrounding the castle, the enclosed grounds spread their 100 acres of grass and woods adjoining the forest of Fontainebleau. There are a few surprises : hidden behind the little house, the romantic spring from the neolithic times, called "source Saint-Sévère" gives birth to the canal ; the statue of Céres in the north, Fernand Py's statue of Saint Joseph under the clusters of trees, and the Maison d'Artagnan. But the major axis of this formal garden is indeed the great perspective : in the South, with the canal and the limetree path, it gives the Château de Bourron all its magnificence.

EVENTS IN THE CHATEAU DE BOURRON

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Big dinner in white (page in french) Friday June 24th, 2011 8.30 p.m.

You can consult the meteo one week before your coming

VISITING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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The south of the Seine & Marne presents charming tourist sites like the castle of Fontainebleau and its wonderful forest of 42 800 acres, a royal forest since 1000 A.D. Franchard's gorges or Apremont, Barbizon's village (painters), the medieval town of Moret sur Loing and above all the castle of Vaux Le Vicomte.

Wander around the picturesque streets of the village and visit the town hall/museum where there are many works by artists who lived in Bourron-Marlotte or came here in vacation. Finally, enter the Saint-Sévère church, built around the XIth century and enlarged in the late XIXth century. This is one of the many ways to discover this charming and lovely village.

Situated along the Loing, between Sorques' hamlet and Moret sur Loing.
The plain of Sorques is one of the central zones of the biosphere's reserve of Fontainebleau's country, declared biosphere's reserve at UNESCO, in december 1998.
2 observatories on the site permit an observation of various species.
Bernache du Canada,Cygne tuberculé, Fuligule Milouin, grand Cormoran, Grèbe castagneux, Grèbe huppé, Grand héron cendré, Héron cendré, Sarcelle d'hiver...

This royal and imperial city benefits from the majestuous castle, inspired by the Italian Renaissance. With its magnificent forest (42 800 acres), you will see the most extraordinary and diverse flora and fauna.
http://www.fontainebleau.fr

The ancient city unveils all its grandeur and beauty with its squares, its romantic alleys, its fortress and its dungeon, and its very beautiful gothic church from the XIIth century, consecrated to Saint John the Baptist.
http://www.nemours-saint-pierre.com

This basilica, built during the 12th century used to welcome pilgrims on their way to Saint James de Compostelle, who'd stop to honor the Saint-Mathurin cult. Known for his miraculous healings, he suposedly was born in Larchant around 250 A.D. This basilica is a work of art !

This medieval town unveils its ancient wall with three famous gates in it, and its twenty towers. The painter Sisley lived there for many years and his landscapes show us how lovely it is to live here.

Barbizon is mostly known by admirers of landscape paintings. Walk down the lovely streets of this town, located in the heart of the Fontainebleau forest, where you will find shops and workshops, restaurants, galleries and artists' houses.
http://www.barbizon-france.com

The castle of Vaux Le Vicomte, in the Seine & Marne was built from 1658 to 1661 for the Minister of Finances of Louis the XIV, Nicolas Fouquet. He hired the best artists of the time to build his palace ; the architect Le Vau, the painter Le Brun, the landscape-painter Le Nôtre.
The success of this castle provoked the jealousy of the King who imprisioned its owner, Nicolas Fouquet, seized the castle and forced all the team who participated in the building of Vaux Le Vicomte to build the castle of Versailles.
http://www.vaux-le-vicomte.com

With its medieval patrimony remarkably conserved (58 buildings inscribed or classified) this town is an open air museum. The Saint Quiriace's collegiate church and its dome, the imposing César Tower, the church of Saint-Ayoul and its square, the relics of the cross and the ancient barn are well worth visiting. The highlight of the visit is certainly the medieval show which include knights and falconry... Don't miss the last weekend of August and its harvest's festival.
http://www.provins.net

This lovely XVIIIth century castle is surrounded by a French park with flower beds like embroideries, designed by Claude Desgots, a nephew of Le Nôtre and carried on by Duchêne. Also not to be missed is the VIIth church and its XVIIIth presbytery.

Pass on to the visitors the respect for animals, protect the nature, preserve a genetic heritage for certain threatened sorts! Here is the challenge launched by the park of the big cats of Seine-et-Marne: 150 big cats of any hairs distributed on more than 60 hectares in the middle of nowhere!
Leopard, tiger white, snow leopard, cat of sands, lynx of Siberia, margay, caracal … Sorts presented through four circuits of walks, the visitors will be in total dumping with big cats.
Information: 33 (0) 1 64 51 33 33
http://www.parcdesfelins.com

The Castle of Versailles was set up by Louis XIV. Louis XV and Louis XVI lived there then. This famous palace includes to him only more than 2000 rooms and extends over 67000 m2. In its 815 hectare park, you can discover the Small Trianon and the Big Trianon, the Hamlet of the Queen, the Big and the Small Canal, one orangery and the ornamental lake of the Swiss.
http://www.chateauversailles.fr

At only 35 minutes from the center of Paris, in 5 minutes of the Parks Disney, The Valley Village proposes you hundred of prestigious marks at irresistible prices, all year long and 7 days a week. You will be seduced by the zen charm of its flowery alleys where every hut shelters a big name of the fashion and the decoration, which proposes you its previous collections at reduced prices.
http://www.lavalleevillage.com

You will discover the magical world of Disney across 5 different areas (Fantasyland, Adventureland, Frontiereland, Discoveryland, Main Street USA) in Disneyland's park and accross 4 areas (Front Lot, Animation Courtyard, Production Courtyard, Backlot) in Walt Disney Studios' park.

Finally, in the evening, Disney Village, with its restaurants and its theme bars, its concerts and live shows, its cinemas, disco and shops, is an unforgettable experience !

The success of Disneyland Resort Paris is huge, the number of annual visitors exceeds that of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum together ! 
http://www.disneylandparis.com

The Printemps Haussmann is a department store detained by the Group Printemps and classified as "Historic Monument" (famous dome 1923 style "Art nouveau"). It is situated in the IXth district of Paris and the main marks fashion, luxury and beauty are distributed there by themes in 3 buildings of the store (27 floors and 43 500m²).
http:///departmentstoreparis.printemps.com

This is one of the oldest crypts in France. Its origin goes back to the Merovingians and the Carolingians. It shelters the sarcophagus of the founders of the abbey (VIIth century) and the extraordinary tomb of an Irish princess (XIIIth century).

The historic spectacle of the Saint-Fargeau's castle, which gather more than 600 actors and 60 riders, is one of the highest historic spectacles in Europe. In the exceptionnal setting of the castle and the park, during more than one hour and a half, and with an amazing rythm, 1000 years of history pass by your eyes.
Since 1453, Antoine de Chabannes had the current castle built, on the base of the old fortress, with its pentagonal form and six big towers.
http://www.chateau-de-saint-fargeau.com

The most famous of the Gauls deserved well a park in its name by "Toutatis"! This big amusement park, completely dedicated to the heroes of the comic strip of Uderzo and Goscinny opened its doors in 1989 at Plailly in the Oise region, the small municipality situated in around thirty kilometres from Paris and easily accessible by the highway A1. The Park Astérix contains several spaces relating to the stories told in comic strips.
http://www.parcasterix.fr

For the next 20 years, thirty five craftsmen and women will be building before your very eyes a medieval castle. They will do so following XIIIth century techniques. The natural site in the middle of the forest will provide them with all the building material necessary : wood, water, stone, earth, sand and iron.
Quarriers, stone hewers, masons, carpenters work in front of you, as they once did 7 centuries ago. The building yard is a continuous, lively and progressive site where Towers, Curtains and the Keep will have taken 25 years to rise up from the earth.
You may realise that from many viewpoints, this building site straight from the past will answer many expectations of modern men and women.
http://www.guedelon.com

The medieval Château de Bazoches is set half-way up a wooded hill on the site of a former Roman base in direct line of sight of Vézelay (10 km away). It was built in the twelfth century in the form of a trapezium with four towers and a keep surrounding an inner courtyard.
Bazoches was bought in 1675 by Marshal de Vauban with the reward granted to him by King LOUIS XIV after the siege of Maastricht. When he had settled in Bazoches, Vauban carried out many modifications and transformed it into a military garnison. It was at Bazoches, in the recently restored great gallery of the château, that Vauban, the founder of Civil Engineering, produced the studies and drawings for over three hundred constructions and strongholds.

A place of exception : furniture of Vauban (armor, bed-chamber, office, library), 17th century décors on the 4 frontages of the courtyard, 4 immense family trees of which of that Vauban including nearly a thousand coats of arms in hand painted and fired Limoges porcelain.
http://www.chateau-bazoches.com

For 7 centuries in the same lineage, the château de Commarin was re-installed during the 18th century by the Marquis d'Antigny, grand mother of the well known bishop, the Prince de Talleyrand, minister of Foreigh Affaires Commarin is known for its beautiful decorative collection, with its unique set of family heraldic tapestries, of the early 16th, the beauty of its works of arts and furniture, and the richness of its 17th and 18th decoration, which are the livel testimony of the generations who lived in.
http://www.commarin.com

In Aubusson, the world capital of tapestry set in the heart of France on the banks of the pure waters of the River Creuse, time seems to stand still...
As of lore, at the time of the Royal Aubusson Manufactory, Man is taming wool and colour. 
The healders weave on their looms, with the same care as the gestures that were ceaselessly practiced in olden times, the finest cartoons of the XVth. to the XIXth. centuries and the creations of the greatest artists of today.
http://www.aubusson-manufacture.com