{"id":10952,"date":"2026-05-17T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/fr\/?p=10952"},"modified":"2026-05-17T13:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:27:01","slug":"what-to-do-fontainebleau-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/que-faire-fontainebleau-pluie\/","title":{"rendered":"What can you do in Fontainebleau when it rains?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"fyblog-article-subtitle\">Our cheat sheet to save the day.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"fyblog-toc-floating\"><input id=\"fyblog-toc-toggle\" class=\"fyblog-toc-toggle-input\" type=\"checkbox\" \/><br \/>\n<label class=\"fyblog-toc-button\" for=\"fyblog-toc-toggle\">\u2261 Contents<\/label><\/p>\n<nav class=\"fyblog-toc-panel\"><a href=\"#defouler\">Let off steam<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#jouer\">Play<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#mains\">Working with your hands<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#cuisiner\">Cooking<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#rythme\">Setting the pace<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#valeurs\">Sure values<\/a><\/nav>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>In the collective imagination, Fontainebleau is a town of sunshine streaming through the oak trees, cyclists on the D116 and climbers reclining in the Trois Pignons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That's very true.<\/p>\n<p>Except for about <strong>60 days a year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The forest in the rain obviously has its charm. <em>For three hundred metres.<\/em><\/strong> Beyond that, we begin to understand why the English spent two centuries perfecting the mackintosh.<\/p>\n<p>And the reflex at that point is often <strong>to cancel the weekend<\/strong>. Which is a pity, because <strong>the city has everything you need<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This article is a cheat sheet. It's not an exhaustive list, not a tourist guide: a dozen or so places, ranked not <strong>by category<\/strong>, but <strong>by desire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Because at 2pm on a rainy Saturday, <strong>we're not looking for a \u00abcultural activity\u00bb<\/strong>. We are looking to either <strong>unwind<\/strong>, or <strong>play<\/strong>, or <strong>give your hands a workout<\/strong>, or <strong>do nothing but watch a film<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here's the list.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fyblog-callout fyblog-callout--info\"><strong>In 30 seconds :<\/strong> <a href=\"#defouler\">Let off steam<\/a> at Karma (climbing). <a href=\"#jouer\">Play<\/a> to Bomb Squad. <a href=\"#mains\">Working with your hands<\/a> at the Maison des Artisans d'Art. <a href=\"#cuisiner\">Cooking<\/a> in a masterclass at L'A P\u00e2tisserie KG. <a href=\"#rythme\">Setting the pace<\/a> at Cin\u00e9Paradis or the French-style afternoon tea at the H\u00f4tel &amp; Spa Napol\u00e9on. And always a sure bet, <a href=\"#valeurs\">the Castle<\/a>.<\/div>\n<h2>A chance to let off steam despite the rain<\/h2>\n<p>There are days when you just <strong>need to move<\/strong>. The body is crying out, the weather says no, and the idea of going home to curl up in front of Netflix suddenly becomes a reality. <strong>unbearable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Fontainebleau has everything it takes to turn a grey Saturday into a decent session.<\/p>\n<h3>Karma: the indoor antechamber to the forest<\/h3>\n<p>If you were to <strong>name a single location<\/strong>, it would probably be <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/karma\/\">Karma<\/a>. Route Militaire, just on the edge of the forest, is the climbing gym set up by the FFME. <strong>a stone's throw from the world's largest bouldering site<\/strong>. Not by chance.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is crystal clear. <strong>When the Trois Pignons sandstone is soaked<\/strong>, Cross the road and you'll find the same thing, indoors, heated, with coffee nearby. 430 m\u00b2 of bouldering, a 12-metre wall of difficulty, around a hundred problems for all levels and 80 routes from 4a to 8c. It's also a training ground for the French bouldering team.<\/p>\n<p>It is also, and this is <strong>more unexpected<\/strong>, a place where four-year-olds learn to climb in a baby area specially designed for them. <strong>These two worlds coexist <em>without drama<\/em><\/strong>, This is undoubtedly the venue's greatest success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you don't know how to insure, that's not a problem.<\/strong> A weekly introductory session is held on <strong>Tuesday evening<\/strong>, for the price of a standard entry ticket with equipment included. In just one hour, you'll leave with the basics for top-roping. <strong>from the next session<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fyblog-callout fyblog-callout--astuce\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> On weekdays, Karma opens at 12pm. If you arrive at lunchtime with a picnic bag, you can eat on the spot, put on your gear in peace and quiet and have the wall virtually to yourself until you leave the office. The most zen time of the week.<\/div>\n<h3>CIT\u00c9SPORTS: the Olympic pool hidden in the CNSD<\/h3>\n<p>Five hundred metres from Karma, on the same road to the Archives, you will find <strong>a sports complex that many people in Bellifont are unaware of<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/citesports\/\">CIT\u00c9SPORTS<\/a> is located within the <strong>National Defence Sports Centre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The entrance requires a little effort.<\/strong> We parked in the rue des Archives and rang the pedestrian gate, <strong>hand in an identity document at reception<\/strong>. It's not really <em>the municipal swimming pool atmosphere on Sunday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But what you find behind the gates is well worth the diversions. A <strong>50-metre Olympic pool<\/strong>, There's also a cardio-musculation platform with over fifty machines, a dojo, a boxing gym, a climbing wall to complement Karma, an indoor athletics track and even a sauna. The facility is operated by R\u00e9cr\u00e9a, a private operator specialising in luxury aquatic facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first weight training session is free<\/strong>, The first aqua-activity costs 5 euros. It's designed to let you <strong>test before you think<\/strong> a 12-entry card or membership. For a rainy day, it's an option <strong>unbeatable in terms of water volume and variety of activities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Piscine de la Faisanderie: swimming in the middle of the forest<\/h3>\n<p>If you prefer a swimming pool <strong>more traditional, more family-friendly, with no need for ID to be left at reception<\/strong>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/la-faisanderie-swimming-pool\/\">La Faisanderie swimming pool<\/a> is the second option. <strong>And not the least.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is nestled in the Faisanderie sports complex, on the Route de l'Ermitage, in a hectare of woodland. This is rare enough to merit a mention: few towns can boast of having <strong>their municipal swimming pool surrounded by centuries-old oak trees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Equipment, <strong>the sports pool is 25 metres long and has six lanes<\/strong>, The small pool is 90 cm deep, with a waterfall and a water cannon for children. There is also a <strong>sauna<\/strong>a <strong>hammam<\/strong> and a cardio area reserved for adults. In summer, the outside area opens up with lawns, deckchairs and a volleyball court, <strong>high wire acrobatic course<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timetables are fragmented<\/strong> in freestyle, classes, clubs and activities. The daily schedule is on the pool website, and <strong>it's best to check before you leave<\/strong> Changes are frequent, and finding yourself in a club slot with two lines open to the public is less pleasant than expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fyblog-callout fyblog-callout--note\"><strong>Please note:<\/strong> The Faisanderie swimming pool was designed by the architect Hay and is listed in the database of remarkable contemporary architecture in France. A small heritage detail that adds to the pleasure of swimming there.<\/div>\n<h2>Want to play, alone, in pairs or in a group?<\/h2>\n<p>There are <strong>the rain that tires you<\/strong>, and there's the one that just makes you <strong>rolling your eyes in \u00abwell, what are we going to do\u00bb mode\u00bb<\/strong>. The second is easier to turn into a good memory. Especially if you like games.<\/p>\n<h3>Bomb Squad: escape game meets action game<\/h3>\n<p>In an annexe of La Proph\u00e9tie des Horloges, at 10 avenue du Mar\u00e9chal de Villars, <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/bomb-squad-fontainebleau\/\">Bomb Squad<\/a> offers an immersive activity of a rather special kind. It's not <em>not quite an escape game<\/em>, it's not <em>not quite a laser game<\/em>. It's a series of five challenges, to be completed in teams of two to six players, around a single mission: <strong>defuse a bomb in an hour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The format is intelligent.<\/strong> You pass through five very different modules in succession. <strong>Lasers<\/strong> to dodge around a room, <strong>sound sequences<\/strong> to memorise, <strong>grid of illuminated tiles<\/strong> to activate without running into the reds, <strong>char 3D<\/strong> to be piloted by several people, screens to be coordinated. With each module, you change logic and muscle, which keeps the pace up and the game moving. <strong>avoids the \u00abblocking riddle\u00bb effect\u00bb<\/strong> narrative escape games.<\/p>\n<p>That's also why <strong>works well with mixed groups<\/strong>. Your in-laws who'd never heard of an escape game, your 12-year-old niece, your open-space colleague who thinks he's Ethan Hunt : <strong>everyone finds a module in which they shine<\/strong>. No one is left on the sidelines for 45 minutes waiting for others to solve the problem.<\/p>\n<p>In practical terms, it's <strong>open every day from 10am to midnight<\/strong>. Prices vary according to time and number of players. <strong>Privatisation for groups of up to 25 people<\/strong> is also available, with a rotation every 10 minutes and a cocktail option: a serious option for a birthday party or team building event in the rain.<\/p>\n<h3>Bulle de Jeux: the shop that knows how to advise<\/h3>\n<p>Rue de la Corne, two numbers (12-14), a discreet storefront and three square metres of silent bliss for fans of board games. <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/fontainebleau-play-bubble\/\">Bulle de Jeux<\/a> is not an escape game, a games caf\u00e9 or a toy library. It's a <strong>specialised shop<\/strong>, And that's precisely what makes it so valuable on a rainy day.<\/p>\n<p>Because at 3pm on a grey Saturday, you don't have <strong>not necessarily in the mood for an organised activity at one o'clock on the dot at the other end of town<\/strong>. You want to wander around, touch the boxes, read the backs of the boxes, and see what's on them. <strong>ask questions of someone who knows their subject<\/strong>. And that's exactly what we have here.<\/p>\n<p>The range covers <strong>the classics<\/strong>, The latest releases, cooperative games, games for two, games for children aged three and over, trading cards and figurines. <strong>The seller advises, and advises well<\/strong>, This is no easy task in a world where twenty or so new products are released every month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fyblog-callout fyblog-callout--astuce\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> If you buy for 130 euros over the year, you then get a 10% discount on all your purchases for one year. For a regular buyer, that's a real game-changer from the second game onwards.<\/div>\n<p>And then there's <strong>the rebound effect<\/strong>. You go in to buy a Carcassonne for your nephew, you come out with a cooperative game for four, a booklet of scenarios for Sherlock Holmes Detective Advice and a booklet of scenarios for Sherlock Holmes. <strong>the desire to invite three friends next Sunday<\/strong>. The rain is already much less of a nuisance.<\/p>\n<h2>Want to put your hands to work?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>It's something you often feel like doing when it's raining.<\/strong> We spent the week in front of a screen, the weekend was supposed to be in the forest, but the weather decided otherwise, and there's still this nagging idea: <strong>do something with your fingers<\/strong>. Not looking. Not listening. <strong>To do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good news: Fontainebleau is home to <strong>an ecosystem of workshops and courses for adults<\/strong> which has little to envy cities twice its size.<\/p>\n<h3>The FLC network: when a whole town learns something new<\/h3>\n<p>La <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/maison-des-associations-salvador-allende\/\">Maison des Associations Salvador Allende<\/a> home <strong>Fontainebleau Loisirs Culture, the famous FLC<\/strong>, which on its own <strong>over one hundred workshops<\/strong> and courses for adults: painting, calligraphy, photography, sewing, modelling, drama, writing, languages. <strong>An extensive catalogue<\/strong>, And you need ten minutes to explore the site before you realise just how much.<\/p>\n<p>But if you had to point <strong>a nugget<\/strong>, would be the <strong>refurbishment of armchairs<\/strong> hosted by <em>Sonia Schryve<\/em>. <strong>For seven years<\/strong>, Bellifontaine and Bellifontaine disembark <strong>with their own chairs under their arms<\/strong>. A toad found at their grandmother's, a Voltaire picked up at Emma\u00fcs, sometimes a piece of an inheritance they didn't dare touch any more. Sonia teaches them to <strong>stripping, strapping, foaming, covering<\/strong>. At the end of the cycle, <strong>you come home with a chair that you've redone<\/strong>. It's rarely the workshops on a rainy day that change your life. But this one comes close.<\/p>\n<p>The FLC also programmes <strong>more occasional courses in partnership with other local players<\/strong>. Which brings us to the next point.<\/p>\n<h3>Fontaineblow! the gallery that becomes a workshop<\/h3>\n<p><em>Sabine Petit<\/em> founded <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/fontaineblow\/\">Fontaineblow!<\/a> <strong>in 2020<\/strong>, in a pretty courtyard paved with <strong>93 rue Grande<\/strong>. First and foremost <strong>a contemporary art gallery championing street art<\/strong> and emerging artists. But it's also, several times a year, <strong>a workshop open to the public<\/strong>, in partnership with the FLC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short courses<\/strong> stencilling, lettering and mixed media, designed for beginners and those who just want to give it a go. The format is clever: <strong>you don't walk away with a masterpiece, but you do walk away with a real understanding of gestures<\/strong>, And often with a small piece of artwork that you keep. For a rainy Saturday, it's <strong>unbeatable satisfaction\/time invested ratio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fyblog-callout fyblog-callout--info\"><strong>Info :<\/strong> At the end of the same cobbled courtyard at 93 rue Grande, A P\u00e2tisserie KG has set up its lab and is holding its masterclasses. It's a little-known creative mini-ecosystem, covering fifteen square metres. More on this below.<\/div>\n<h3>The Maison des Artisans d'Art: the old service station reincarnated<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Open in September 2025<\/strong>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/maison-des-artisans-dart-du-pays-de-fontainebleau\/\">Pays de Fontainebleau Arts and Crafts Centre<\/a> is undoubtedly <strong>the best recent urban redevelopment<\/strong>. A <strong>former service station from the 50s<\/strong>, a stone's throw from the Ch\u00e2teau, transformed into a showcase and collective workshop for <strong>around fifteen craftspeople<\/strong> of the region.<\/p>\n<p>What you'll find on a rainy Saturday: <strong>intaglio engraving, Lun\u00e9ville crochet, floral art, ceramics, gilding, stained glass, etc.<\/strong>. Several workshops offer <strong>discovery sessions<\/strong>, sometimes over the course of a day, sometimes over a cycle. The craftsmen are on site and this is probably the most direct opportunity to understand the work they do. <strong>what \u00abarts and crafts\u00bb means in Fontainebleau<\/strong>, without going to the salon.<\/p>\n<p>It's also a place where you can <strong>just push open the door to look, ask, learn<\/strong>. If you want to <strong>give someone a workshop as a gift<\/strong>, This is the place to book. And if you want to offer it to yourself, even better.<\/p>\n<h3>L'Atelier PointCr\u00e9a: the place to be for hands that love fabric and thread<\/h3>\n<p>If your fingers itch on the side of the <strong>sewing, embroidery or scrapbooking<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/atelierpointcrea.com\">l'Atelier PointCr\u00e9a<\/a> offers a regular range of themed courses and sessions. Less \u00abfine art\u00bb, more \u00abmanual technique\u00bb, with <strong>a short format and a team that knows how to welcome beginners<\/strong>. For those returning from a rainy Saturday <strong>with something useful in the bag<\/strong>, is exactly what's needed.<\/p>\n<h2>Want to get your gourmet hands dirty?<\/h2>\n<p>There's a special case in the \u00abworking with your hands\u00bb category: <strong>when what you do with your hands ends up on a plate<\/strong>. This is no longer an activity, <strong>it's a source of pride<\/strong>. And a snack.<\/p>\n<h3>L'A P\u00e2tisserie KG MasterClass: enter the lab of a Michelin-starred chef<\/h3>\n<p>At 93 rue Grande, in the <strong>same cobbled courtyard as Fontaineblow!<\/strong>, <strong>K\u00e9vin Garcia<\/strong> installs the <a href=\"https:\/\/lapatisserie-kg.com\/masterclass\">L'A P\u00e2tisserie KG<\/a>. Garcia is <strong>the starred chef of <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/laxel-restaurant\/\">The Axel<\/a><\/strong>, the restaurant that's been stalling for years <em>a Michelin star<\/em> in Fontainebleau, and his patisserie is a sweet variation on the classic. <strong>the same high standards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Several times a month<\/strong>, The lab is transformed into a masterclass room. You arrive in <strong>small group<\/strong>, you put on an apron, and while the <strong>two to three hours<\/strong> you make <strong>next to the chef<\/strong> a specific recipe. <em>Chocolate tart, Paris-Brest, seasonal desserts.<\/em> At the exit, <strong>you leave with your work in a box<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It's not <strong>not a pastry class \u00abfor curious beginners\u00bb.\u00bb<\/strong> in a rental kitchen. It's the other way around: <strong>a real lab, a real chef, real raw materials<\/strong>, A very limited number of places so that everyone can get their hands in the ganache. <strong>You have to pay for it, of course.<\/strong> But for a gift, or a rainy Saturday that you want to remember beyond the weekend, it's probably <strong>one of the best quality-souvenir ratios in Fontainebleau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fyblog-callout fyblog-callout--attention\"><strong>Please note:<\/strong> Masterclasses fill up quickly, especially for recipes such as Yule logs or galettes. The calendar generally opens a few weeks in advance, so it's better to sign up as soon as the dates open than to wait until the last minute.<\/div>\n<h3>Cook'Odile: the home option<\/h3>\n<p>For a format <strong>more intimate, more flexible, more focused on savoury everyday cooking<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cookodile.com\">Cook'Odile<\/a> offers lessons in Fontainebleau and the surrounding area. <strong>At the host's home, at your home or with a small group of friends<\/strong> who pay for the session.<\/p>\n<p>It's less spectacular than a masterclass in a Michelin-starred chef's lab, but it's a great option for those who want to <strong>learn to cook for real, take a technique home and do it again the next day<\/strong>. A good format for a group of friends who decide, watching the rain on a Saturday morning, <strong>they're going to spend the afternoon cooking together<\/strong> rather than waiting for it to pass.<\/p>\n<h2>Setting the pace<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, there's the option that's often overlooked when you're looking for \u00aba business\u00bb: <strong>do nothing<\/strong>. To be more precise, <strong>do nothing but watch a film<\/strong>. Or sitting down to a cup of tea and a chocolate \u00e9clair. These are <strong>two of the oldest ways to spend a rainy Saturday<\/strong>, and they have lost none of their effectiveness.<\/p>\n<h3>Cin\u00e9Paradis: the independent with a good programme<\/h3>\n<p>At 10 avenue du Mar\u00e9chal de Villars, <strong>right next to Bomb Squad<\/strong>the <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/cineparadis\/\">Cin\u00e9Paradis<\/a> acts as a local cinema <strong>since 2014<\/strong>. <strong>Six rooms<\/strong>, a mixed programme of films for the general public and <em>art et essai<\/em>, an official arthouse rating, and the conviction that'<strong>a city-centre cinema can do better than just make do with Marvel releases<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In concrete terms, what it looks like on a rainy Saturday: you find <strong>the blockbuster release of the moment<\/strong> AND <strong>the documentary we recommended<\/strong> AND <strong>the French auteur film whose review you read<\/strong>. Sometimes all three at the same time, which opens up the exciting possibility of the <strong>\u00abimprovised double feature<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The rates are <strong>milder than those of Parisian chains<\/strong>, 4 or 7-seater cards pay for themselves quickly if you go there regularly, and <strong>access to sessions before midday is at a reduced rate<\/strong> A rainy morning becomes an economical option.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fyblog-callout fyblog-callout--astuce\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> For an \u00abactivity + meal\u00bb duo in the same street, Cin\u00e9Paradis and Bomb Squad are just a hundred metres apart. Screening at 2pm, bomb defusing at 5pm, dinner in the city centre at 8pm: the perfect rainy day is just five hundred metres away.<\/div>\n<h3>The French snack at the H\u00f4tel &amp; Spa Napol\u00e9on<\/h3>\n<p>And then there's the <strong>the simplest, the most tender, the most comforting<\/strong> : a dry seat somewhere in the city centre, <strong>with a hot drink and something good on the table<\/strong>. For this desire, we have <strong>a calibrated recommendation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Just a stone's throw from the Ch\u00e2teau, the'<a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/hotel-spa-napoleon-fontainebleau\/\">Napoleon Fontainebleau Hotel &amp; Spa<\/a> serves <strong>every day from 3pm to 5pm<\/strong>, what he calls his \u00ab <strong>French-style snack<\/strong> \u00bb. <em>Home-made pastries, Viennese pastries and selected teas<\/em>, served in the hotel bar. <strong>It's quiet, it's cosy, it's well done.<\/strong> The rain may fall: behind the windows of a well-heated XVII\u1d49 century building, <strong>it loses much of its insistence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It's also the kind of address <strong>that we don't have the reflex to look for when we're local<\/strong>, because we think (wrongly) that it is <em>\u00abfor hotel guests\u00bb<\/em>. <strong>The experiment is open to everyone<\/strong>, The price of a snack is obviously not the same as the price of a room.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it's <strong>the least inventive option<\/strong> of this article. But ask anyone who has spent an hour sitting in the rain with someone in front of them: <strong>it's also one of the best<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Sure values that are forgotten<\/h2>\n<p>Before we wrap up, a final reminder. When you're looking for something to do on a rainy Saturday, you often go looking for <strong>the original idea, the new place, the activity you've never tried before<\/strong>. And we completely forget <strong>the three cultural behemoths that have been there, in front of our eyes, for as long as we can remember<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That's a shame. Because'<strong>a rainy Saturday is exactly the right time to go there<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Le Ch\u00e2teau<\/h3>\n<p>Le <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/fontainebleau-castle\/\">Ch\u00e2teau de Fontainebleau<\/a> is <strong>open almost all year round<\/strong>. Bellifontains have an old tendency to consider him as a <em>\u00abfor tourists\u00bb<\/em>, which is <strong>both fake and a bit lazy<\/strong>. <em>The Fran\u00e7ois I gallery, Napoleon's flats, the Trinit\u00e9 chapel<\/em> richly deserve <strong>a visit every two or three years<\/strong>, And the rain is precisely the argument that makes the diversions obvious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The cloakroom is free during the visit<\/strong>, This elegantly solves the problem of wet coats. And if you arrive with <strong>half a day ahead of you<\/strong>, There's plenty of time to fill.<\/p>\n<h3>The Media Library<\/h3>\n<p>La <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/fontainebleau-municipal-library\/\">Fontainebleau municipal multimedia library<\/a> (rue Royale) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/mediatheque-les-sources-vives\/\">Les Sources Vives multimedia library<\/a> (in Avon) are two places <strong>that we would be wrong to reserve for students in revision<\/strong>. <strong>Comfortable, well heated<\/strong>, They have extensive collections of comics, novels, films and magazines, and also regularly offer <strong>free entertainment for adults and children<\/strong> including readings, screenings, digital workshops and meetings with authors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access is free of charge.<\/strong>, registration to borrow is ridiculously cheap, and <em>no one will ask you what you're doing here<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>The Municipal Theatre<\/h3>\n<p>Le <a href=\"https:\/\/fontyblog.fr\/en\/places\/fontainebleau-municipal-theatre\/\">Th\u00e9\u00e2tre municipal de Fontainebleau<\/a>, rue D\u00e9necourt, offers <strong>a rich season of theatre, dance, classical music and shows for young audiences<\/strong>. The calendar can be viewed online, and <strong>a rainy Sunday afternoon often finds a matinee show<\/strong> which makes the end of the weekend that much sweeter.<\/p>\n<h2>In conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>This article <strong>twelve or thirteen entries<\/strong> depending on how you count. You will have noticed that'<strong>none of them involve getting wet<\/strong>. That was the idea. Everything you'll find here is <strong>in Fontainebleau, or a ten-minute walk from Fontainebleau-Avon<\/strong>. The forest begins at the end of each street, so there's little reason to look any further.<\/p>\n<p>The idea behind the article is that rain has long been <em>the worst enemy of the Bellifont weekend<\/em>. <strong>With a bit of organisation, it became just another variable.<\/strong> You look at the desire, you look at the timetable, <strong>you go<\/strong>. The forest, <strong>will be waiting for you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>if you find something we've overlooked, drop us a line<\/strong>. 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