Château de Fontainebleau

Château de Fontainebleau is just 55 km from the center of Paris. This massive palace has over 1,500 rooms spread across 130 acres of gardens and parks. It’s one of the largest royal French châteaux to have ever been built. Fontainebleau was much loved by Napoléon Bonaparte, who oversaw a lot of the restoration work. Napoléon III was another regular visitor, but as an example of the changes it has seen, during WWII, the château served as a headquarters for the occupying Germans. It’s now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.