Golf holidays in Fontainebleau start from £390 (≈ €445) (≈ $515) (≈ CA$725) (≈ AU$745) (≈ NZ$895) (≈ CHF 415) (≈ kr 4,995) (≈ kr 5,025) (≈ kr 3,395) per person, across 4 courses we can book, 1 hotel and resort we sell. Sold ground-only, hand-priced around your dates, and arranged by us since 1981.
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Fontainebleau lies 55.5 km south-south-east of Paris inside a forest of 250 square kilometres, which is 25,000 hectares of sandstone, pine and hundred-year-old oak. The chateau at the middle of it was the one Napoleon called the true residence of kings and the most comfortable palace in Europe, and it was in its courtyard, on 20 April 1814, that he said goodbye to the Old Guard. The golf around here is the strongest of the three Paris hubs, and it all runs from a single base.
Since 1981 we have sold golf breaks and nothing else. Ground-only, hand-priced around your dates, built around the rounds you actually want to play. Flights come as a separate ATOL-protected add-on, and your money is protected through PTS.
Why play golf in Fontainebleau
One hotel with its own eighteen holes in the grounds and three more courses within a drive. The simplest golf logistics of the three Paris hubs by a distance.
Sandy soil under most of it, which is why these forest courses drain and hold up through the shoulder months.
Fontainebleau Golf Club is a 1909 Tom Simpson layout with 103 bunkers. A proper test, and remarkably little discussed outside France.
Augerville's own course has been ranked by Golf Magazine among the ten most demanding in France, which surprises people expecting a resort loop.
The forest is the largest developed bouldering area in the world, so a non-golfing partner has something serious to get on with.
Quiet. This is countryside rather than suburb, and the evenings are genuinely silent.
The courses you’ll play
[Augerville Golf Club](/product/augerville-golf-club/) sits in the grounds of the hotel, laid out in 1995 by Olivier Dongradi and ranked by Golf Magazine among the ten most demanding courses in France. [Fontainebleau Golf Club](/product/fontainebleau-golf-club/) is the one to book first. Inaugurated in 1909, Tom Simpson's design, 6,030 metres to a par of 72, sandy underfoot, 103 bunkers, and narrow fairways lined with pine, birch, wild cherry, beech and century-old oak, with heather and broom waiting on both sides. Miss and you are gone. [Cely Golf Club](/product/cely-golf-club/) at Cely-en-Biere is the change of pace in the week. [Vaugouard Golf Club](/product/vaugouard-golf-club/) lies at Fontenay-sur-Loing in the Loiret, about twelve kilometres from Montargis, and is the furthest out of the four. Four courses, one base, and no repeated round in a four-night stay.
Where you’ll stay
One hotel, and it does the work of a resort. Chateau d'Augerville is a chateau hotel at Augerville-la-Riviere with its golf course in its own grounds, and the house puts itself an hour south of Paris on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest. Three nights with two rounds start from £390pp (≈ €445) (≈ $515) (≈ CA$725) (≈ AU$745) (≈ NZ$895) (≈ CHF 415) (≈ kr 4,995) (≈ kr 5,025) (≈ kr 3,395), four nights with three rounds from £535pp (≈ €615) (≈ $705) (≈ CA$995) (≈ AU$1,025) (≈ NZ$1,225) (≈ CHF 575) (≈ kr 6,865) (≈ kr 6,895) (≈ kr 4,655), which is a great deal of chateau for the money. Be clear about the geography before you commit, because brochures rarely are. Augerville is not in Fontainebleau. It is over the departmental line in the Loiret, in the Malesherbes country south-west of the forest, so the chateau and town of Fontainebleau are a drive rather than a stroll. For a group who want one base, one dining room and golf outside the door, that trade is easy. If you want a town under your feet after dinner, this is the wrong hub and we will tell you so.
Best time to play golf in Fontainebleau
The sand is the point. This soil drains, so April and October play far better here than they do on the heavier ground closer to Paris, and the shoulder months are when we would send you. Spring in the forest is worth the trip by itself and the courses are close to empty. June gives the longest evenings. July and August are warm, the chateau fills with visitors and the golf somehow does not, with the trees doing the work of shade. September and early October are the sweet spot: firm fairways, low sun through the pines, no queue anywhere. Winter is playable rather than pleasant. Frost delays are a real possibility and the light goes at four.
A sense of Fontainebleau
History & heritage
Fontainebleau was a royal and imperial residence across seven centuries, lived in by Louis VII, Francis I, Henry II, Louis-Philippe, Napoleon I and Napoleon III, and UNESCO listed it in 1981. Francis I brought Italian painters north and had the gallery that carries his name decorated between 1533 and 1539, which is the moment the Renaissance properly arrives in France. Henry II and Catherine de' Medici added the horseshoe staircase to the lower court. On 20 April 1814, having survived an attempt on his own life the night before, Napoleon came down those steps to say farewell to the Old Guard, and the courtyard has carried the name Cour des Adieux ever since. He wrote from Saint Helena that it was the house of the centuries. It is a far less exhausting building than Versailles, and you will share it with a fraction of the people.
Food & wine
This is brie country and the difference between the two is worth knowing. Brie de Meaux and Brie de Melun both come from Seine-et-Marne and both took AOC in 1980; the Melun is the smaller, sharper and markedly more pungent of the pair, and it is what to ask for when the board looks safe. Forest game runs through the autumn menus out here. Barbizon, on the western edge of the trees, has been feeding visitors since Rousseau and Millet drew the first of them and still does it properly. Wine lists lean Burgundy, with the Loire near enough to be taken seriously; ask for a Sancerre when the goat's cheese arrives. Sunday lunch in this part of Seine-et-Marne is a two-hour commitment and should be treated as one.
Beyond the fairways
The boulders are the surprise. Fontainebleau is the largest developed bouldering area in the world, sandstone shapes scattered through the trees, climbed here since the late 1800s, with the first guidebook to them written by Maurice Martin in 1945. You do not need to climb to enjoy walking among them. This forest was also the first nature reserve anywhere: 624 hectares protected in 1853, extended by imperial decree to 1,094 hectares in 1861, after Theodore Rousseau and the Barbizon painters founded a society to stop the softwood plantings that were flattening the landscape they came to paint. Rousseau and Millet both lived and died in Barbizon. Sisley lived and died at Moret-sur-Loing in the same arrondissement. Vaux-le-Vicomte, built 1658 to 1661, is the house that got Fouquet arrested and handed Louis XIV his design team.
Getting around & exploring
You will drive, and the roads reward it. The A6, the Autoroute du Soleil, leaves Paris at the Porte d'Orleans and Porte d'Italie and has an exit signed Fontainebleau at the 70 km mark, which is the artery for this whole hub. Between the courses you are on quiet departmental roads through farmland and forest, a real pleasure after the Paris suburbs. Two honest notes. August weekends turn the A6 southbound into a car park as the country moves to the Mediterranean, and Augerville's rural position means everything is fifteen or twenty-five minutes away rather than five. Trains do exist. Transilien line R runs from Gare de Lyon out to Fontainebleau-Avon, with local buses on into the town, which is useful for a chateau day without a car.
Good to know before you book
Getting there
Orly is the closer airport and the drive south avoids Paris altogether, which is the best single thing about this hub. Charles de Gaulle is workable, but you pay for the crossing in time. Most guests hire a car on arrival; we can put a private vehicle and driver in place instead, which suits groups intending to take the wine list seriously. By rail, Eurostar into Gare du Nord, across to Gare de Lyon, then Transilien line R to Fontainebleau-Avon is straightforward enough, though you will still want wheels for the golf itself. Driving from Calais means Paris or its ring road, so time that leg with care. Breaks are sold ground-only, with hotel, golf and transfers priced together and flights available separately under ATOL.
Good to know
Money is protected through PTS 5087, and we hold IATA. Flights, when added, are ATOL-protected separately.
One hotel, four courses. A small hub, and we would rather you knew that now than discovered it later.
Augerville is in the Loiret, not in Fontainebleau. Budget driving time for the chateau and the town.
Bring a handicap certificate. The older private clubs may ask for one.
Book Fontainebleau Golf Club well ahead. Visitor access at old private clubs is finite.
Send us your dates and how many rounds you want and we will hand-price it. We reply promptly.
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Frequently asked questions
Golf holidays in Fontainebleau. The questions our golfers ask most.
How long is LeShuttle crossing time to France
The Eurotunnel LeShuttle from Folkestone to Calais takes about 35 minutes, which makes a self-drive trip genuinely easy for the Northern France golf resorts. Le Touquet, Hardelot and the courses around the Somme are roughly two to three hours on from Calais, so you can load the clubs, drive on and be on the first tee the same day, and on those breaks we can include the crossing in the price. For the south and southwest, such as Biarritz, the Riviera and Provence, most golfers fly into Nice, Marseille, Biarritz or Bordeaux and we arrange transfers on the ground.
How much does a golf holiday in France cost?
Golf holidays in France start from £235 (≈ €265) (≈ $305) (≈ CA$435) (≈ AU$445) (≈ NZ$535) (≈ CHF 255) (≈ kr 3,015) (≈ kr 3,025) (≈ kr 2,045) pp with Golf Planet Holidays. That is a hand-built ground package, and the final price depends on your hotel, the courses you play and the season.
When is the best time to play golf in France?
May, June, September and October are the best months, with comfortable temperatures and courses in peak condition. The south of France stays playable into late autumn.
Where should I play golf in France?
There are more than 700 golf courses in France. As first steps we would recommend Northern France. There are ten great courses here. Chat with us about the various choices if you wish to venture further afield.
How many golf courses are there in France?
We feature 130 courses and 102 resorts across France including Saint Malo Golf Club and Sept Tours Golf Club. Your specialist matches the courses to your group's standard and budget.
Is it easy to get around in France?
Getting around France is straightforward. Self-driving is the most popular option — if you've come via Le Shuttle, you already have your car. Trains are excellent for city-to-city travel, particularly from Paris to Bordeaux (2 hours on the TGV). Within golf regions like the Algarve or Brittany, a hire car gives you the freedom to explore at your own pace. We include all airport or station transfers in our packages and can arrange inter-course transfers, so you're never left without options.
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