From Paris to Fontainebleau

  • Public transportation :
    Take the bus, métro or RER to the "Gare de Lyon" train station. You will need to buy a train ticket at a "Banlieue" booth (or, if you have the appropriate chage, at an automatic touch-screen ticket machine) for Fontainebleau/Avon. Then, follow the directions given in the second and third parts of Section A.

    More information : SNCF

  • Car :
    Take the Highway A6 (also known as the "Autoroute du Sud") at the Porte d'Orléans. Follow the Lyon direction all the way and exit for Fontainebleau, which is the last exit before toll (it is the exit "following" Exit 12, but there is no such thing as Exit 13!). Follow the Fontainebleau sign. Once you reach the bottom of a rather steep downslope in the Fontainebleau forest, before the second traffic light after exiting the highway, keep on the right to get into Fontainebleau. Follow the Ecole des Mines sign (first street on your right) after the intersection. The third street on your left is Rue Saint-Honoré. Turn left and follow the directions given in the last part of Section B.

  • Ecole des Mines free shuttle bus :
    The bus leaves the front door of the Ecole des Mines in Paris (60 boulevard Saint-Michel, near the RER Luxembourg station) at 7:45 AM.
    There are 3 stops along the way:
    • 7:48 at Denfert-Rochereau. Wait at the RATP bus stop that is at the very end of Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, just before the Place Denfert, on the right coming from Boulevard Saint-Michel.
    • 8:00 at Jardin Montsouris. Wait at the intersection of the Boulevard Jourdan and the Rue de la Cité Universitaire.
    • 8:10 at Chilly-Mazarin. Wait in front of the Chilly-Mazarin (south suburb of Paris) train station.

    Arrival in front of Ecole des Mines in Fontainebleau is at 9:00.

    The bus leaves the Ecole des Mines in the evening at 18:00 sharp.
    The 3 stops occur around 18:30, 18:50 (Porte d'Orléans instead of Jardin Montsouris) and 19:00. Arrival in front of the Ecole des Mines in Paris is around 19:05.

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From Charles de Gaulle airport to Fontainebleau (public transportation) :

  • Public Transportation :
    After having retrieved your luggage and checked customs, take ADP free bus shuttle to the Roissy Rail/RER station. Purchase a train ticket for Fontainebleau/Avon. Take the B3 RER train to Paris (direction Robinson/St-Rémy-les-Chevreuse). Make a connection at "Châtelet" and take the A4 (or A2) RER train, on the other side of the same platform (direction Marne-la-Vallée/Boissy-St-Léger). Exit at "Gare de Lyon".

    Once on the Gare de Lyon RER platform, if the train number to Fontainebleau/Avon that you have selected is marked B on the train schedule, only go one level up heading for "Banlieue" trains and find the appropriate train platform using the information displayed on the banlieue train departure panel. Otherwise, follow the "TGV/Grandes Lignes" signs up and find the appropriate train platform using the information displayed on the train departure panel in the Gare de Lyon. It is wise to allow 10 to 15 minutes to get lost in Gare de Lyon if you do not know the layout :-) Notice that B trains take more time (roughly 1 hour) than normal trains (40 minutes). Exit at the Fontainebleau/Avon train station.

    In front of the train station (via the undersurface corridor), take the bus "Les Cars Verts" that goes towards the Chateau direction. The ticket is directly purchased to the bus driver. Exit at the Chateau stop. Follow rue Royale. Take the first crossing street on the right (rue Saint-Honoré). The Ecole des Mines entrance is on the left.

  • Rental Car :
    When no mistakes are made and no traffic jams are encountered, it's a one hour drive.

    Ask for a map and directions when picking up the car. Use Highway A104 (also known as "La Francilienne") which goes around the east side of Paris (direction Paris-Est, Marne la Vallée, Melun). Be careful since the Francilienne is not easy to follow, being made up of sections of other highways; watch out for the "Francilienne" signals. Ignore the first exit toward Melun, the exit towards Melun-Sénart and take the exit for Melun, by N105. Do not get into Melun and follow signs for Fontainebleau. In Fontainebleau, keep straight in rue Grande, until the Chateau (castle) intersection. (If need be, use the enclosed map to find your way through Fontainebleau). Follow rue Royale on your right. Take the second crossing street on the right (rue Saint-Honoré).

    The Ecole des Mines entrance is on the left. You can park your car on Ecole des Mines premises or in your hotel parking lot (subject to availability). The Ibis parking lot has automatic gates which open as you drive toward them.

In Fontainebleau :


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In Ecoles des Mines:

More information :

Office du Tourisme de Fontainebleau
Hôtel d'Albe - 9/11, rue Royale
F-77300 FONTAINEBLEAU
Tel.: +33 (0) 1 60 39 60 39
Fax: +33 (0) 1 60 39 60 40