HALF AN HOUR FROM PARIS
Half an hour from Paris, the Hôtellerie du Bas-Bréau, covers a hectare. An ideal location on the outskirts of the capital to enjoy nature in peace. Numerous celebrities have stayed here, including Grace of Monaco, Françoise Sagan and Julien Green.
Did you know that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote “Treasure Island” during his stay at Bas-Bréau? Come and stay in this hotel where many famous people have sojourned in search of inspiration or seclusion.
Situated in Barbizon, this luxury hotel is within 15 km of Chateau de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau Golf Club, and Cely Golf Club. Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte and Bois-le-Roi Golf Club are also within 25 km.
2 restaurants, a bar/lounge, and a seasonal outdoor pool are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Other amenities include meeting rooms, free use of bicycles, and concierge services.
The hotel offers 16 rooms, 4 suites and a Villa.
PHILOSOPHY & HISTORY
A former hunting lodge on the edge of Fontainebleau forest, the house’s prestigious name has been handed down over three generations.
Classic and timeless, everything has changed so that everything can remain the same, including a garden and pool for lounging in fine weather, complete with a barbecue.
"Landscapes reflect the people who inhabit them and who manage sometimes to modify them".
Barbizon has retained the image given to it by some of the greatest painters of the Impressionist school.
Ask the centuries-old trees and the rocks sculpted by nature into fantastic forms, about the secrets of this little village in the province of "Bière".
With each passing year and season, the mistress of the house has embellished the Hostellerie’s twenty rooms, most of which are equipped with a jacuzzi, the 3 suites, the “junior suite” and the villa.
All individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and minibars. Guests can enjoy jetted tubs, and other standard amenities include sitting areas, room service, and flat-screen TVs.
People travel from across the globe to taste the hotel's game specialities sourced from Fontainebleau forest, to be enjoyed in front of a log fire crackling in the fireplace.
At the end of summer, certified mushroom pickers offer their harvest to the chef. The season starts in September with Scottish grouse.
Before the arrival of wild ducks, young partridge and pheasants in October and November.
White tailed deer and young wild boar linger until the end of February, with hares from October to November.
12.00h - 14.00h 19.30h - 21.00h
When summer comes you can laze in the park and enjoy a light lunch by the Terrace.
The chef Fabien Bard proposes daily a rounded, reassuring cuisine, prepared with absolute mastery.
An atmosphere of farniente steeps the bright, colourful atmosphere of the hotel.
The fresh, invigorating breeze from the forest brings with it the scents of nature.
When the fine weather comes, enjoy the heated outdoor swimming pool (open only during the high season).
SWIMMING POOL & PARK
The Hôtellerie du Bas-Bréau welcomes you to enjoy a calm and relaxing stay. Stroll through the inn’s one-hectare grounds and, when the fine weather returns, enjoy the heated outdoor swimming pool (open only during the high season).
SEMINARS & RECEPTIONS
A favourite venue for upscale management seminars, the Hôtellerie can host a maximum of 40 guests for a sit-down meal. The guests also reserve the whole house.
SETTINGS & ATMOSPHERE
At each sitting in the inn’s great dining hall guests will enjoy the familiar clink of silver and crystal tableware. When the weather is fine, the windows are left wide open on the surrounding countryside.
At the first sign of frost, a woodfire crackles in the hearth and guests retire in the evening to traditional, cosy rooms.
One doesn't invent such a house. The neighboring famous forest, a blessed light, the wake of artists and famous visitors are needed. Perfection then is not left to chance. It is full of talent. It belongs to each passing moment.
FONTAINBLEAU & ITS FOREST
Weaving between the world’s most beautiful trees, boulders and across moorland, over 25,000 hectares, including a 20,000 hectare managed estate, these paths are perfect for walkers, hunters, and lovers of open-air sports.
The only limit to this vast forest is the “bornage” - a pathway that encircles the Fontainebleau forest.
On the fringes of this forest, in the surrounding countryside, the legend of Barbizon - the French “school of nature” established by Corot, Millet, Rousseau and many other painters - was born.
ACTIVITIES
Mountain biking, rock climbing and horse riding equipment is available for hire. Although Barbizon is still a village of painters, walkers and sports lovers have also answered the call of the forest.
On Saturdays and Tuesdays from late October to late February, you can follow the hunting hounds on horseback or by carriage. The ancient forest of Bière has always been an ideal spot for hunting. It also holds a special place in the hearts of hikers and climbers.
MUSEUMS & CASTLES
Come and discover some of many museums, such as the Millet Museum, the Barbizon School Museum, known as the “Auberge Ganne”, and the museum of art glassware at Noisy sur Ecole.
Built around its old covered market, the town of Milly-la Forêt is the starting point for walks in the great forests of Trois-Pignons and Coqibus.
Also worth visiting is the Jean Cocteau Chapel and its famous museum.Around Bas Bréau stand such magnificent castles as Fontainebleau, Courances and Vaux le Vicomte.
Around Bas Bréau stand such magnificent castles as Fontainebleau, Courances and Vaux le Vicomte. Also worth visiting is the Jean Cocteau Chapel and its famous museum.
The ancient forest of Bière has always been an ideal spot for hunting. It also holds a special place in the hearts of hikers and climbers.
Residential Seminars include: fully equipped conference room with mineral water served, breaks with refreshments, lunch, dinner, breakfast, room.
Study Days include: fully equipped conference room with mineral water served, breaks with refreshments, lunch, wine, coffee, with mineral water included.
HOTELLERIE DU BAS-BREAU
22 Grande Rue77630 BarbizonFrance