Paris Day Trip to Fontainebleau and Barbizon with Private Driver and Guide

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This is a Half-Day trip to Fontainebleau and Barbizon. Royal palace long before Versailles, most of the kings of France stayed in Fontainebleau for hunting. Discover this beautiful château located by Fontainebleau's forest ans then enjoy a lunch at Barbizon.Get picked up at your hotel by your driver and guide, who will drive you to Fontainebleau woods, which are a 1-hour drive south from Paris. Royal residence, the Château de Fontainebleau can proudly claim to have been a sovereign residence for eight centuries. Capétiens, Valois, Bourbons, Bonaparte and Orléans, all members of French ruling dynasties, have lived within these walls. Kings and queens, emperors and empresses have all striven to make their own improvements to the château built around the original keep. The estate quickly became a huge palace in which many momentous historical events have been played out.
Your guide will take you then in the gardens and the pond. Some French gardens designed by Le Nôtre under Louis 14th and some English gardens on the other side of the palace. 
For lunch, your driver and guide will lead you to a small picturesque village, Barbizon, almost renowned to be the cradle of Impressionnist movement, called "School of Barbizon". Beautiful landscapes painted by Théodore Rousseau or Jean-François Millet.
Be back at your hotel in Paris in the afternoon.