A Charming French Country House B&B on the Edge of the Fontainebleau Forest
“Le Bon Conseil” is a 19th century family countryside house B & B, rich in character, located in Recloses. It is a typical Gâtinais village, on the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau. In the region, you can practice activities such as hiking, cycling, horse riding and climbing on world-famous spots, or even play golf. You will be close to the Château de Fontainebleau, Barbizon and Grez-sur-Loing with their impressionist painters, Milly-la-Forêt and Moret-sur-Loing with their medieval heritage, Bourron-Marlotte and the Grand Parquet de Fontainebleau.
A family home with a refined, charming and warm style for those looking for authenticity and a friendly atmosphere. Get ready to hear the sounds of nature amidst this calm and unique environment. Take advantage from your room of the garden blending with the forest of Fontainebleau as far as the eye can see!
The house stays naturally cool even during the hottest summer heatwaves — no air conditioning needed. Thick stone walls, Virginia creeper and the shade of the nearby forest make it a perfect cool retreat in the heat. Children and babies are most welcome — they love the space and the games on offer, and parents can rest easy knowing the whole family will stay comfortable even on the hottest days.
crédit : village de Recloses
RECLOSES
A picturesque village in the Paris countryside, on the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest, 1h from Paris
Recloses is a typical village of the French Gâtinais with its 12th century Romanesque church dedicated to Saint-Martin. The houses run along the edges of a dry valley which extends to the banks of the Loing at Montigny-sur-Loing. Recloses offers a nice open perspective of the forest and a great start to hiking. A tennis court, a football pitch and a bowling alley have been set up there.
Located in a corner of the forest, the village is particularly quiet and sheltered from traffic, while being easily accessible, 1h from Paris, just 5 minutes from the A6 motorway. You will find yourself 12 minutes by car from the center of Fontainebleau and at most 18 minutes from the various charming villages. You can visit Courances castle 25 mins away and the famous Vaux-le-Vicomte castle 35 mins away.
The Grand Tour de Paris trail (GR 11), which loops around Île-de-France for 650 km, crosses the village right at the 12th century Saint-Martin church, halfway to Achères-la- Forest and Grez-sur-Loing.
The village is close to the most important climbing spots: the Gorge de Franchard, the Trois Pignons forest (le Cul de Chien), the Dame Jouanne, the Elephant, the Gorges d’Apremont, among others.
You will be welcomed by the owners, a family whose home has stood at the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest for three generations, and whose story is woven into the very fabric of French history.
Pierre Brossolette, one of the most celebrated heroes of the French Resistance in World War II, and his wife Gilberte, herself a Resistance member from 1940, are the grandparents of your hosts. When the Gestapo raided their Paris home in 1942, Gilberte fled with her children to England, eventually reaching London, where she worked for Free France and broadcast for the BBC. Pierre, during a mission in France was arrested and held by the SS, chose death over the risk of betraying his comrades and revealing the secret intelligence he held as a BCRA agent in liaison with Churchill’s SOE. His ashes entered the Panthéon in 2015.
After the Liberation, Gilberte returned to France. Elected to the Senate, she became the first woman ever to preside over a session of the French Senate; a quiet, historic first in a life already full of them. It was she who chose this house, tucked at the edge of the Fontainebleau Forest, an hour from Paris, as a place to breathe again. Away from history. Into nature. For guests who share a passion for French history, the Resistance, and the Second World War, your hosts are glad to tell the story.
To stay at Le Bon Conseil is not simply to find a room for the night. It is to become part of a genuine French family home, one that history itself chose, with all the character and art de vivre that entails.
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