A course worth the journey — and how to build the day around it
Ask serious golfers to name the finest courses within reach of Paris and Fontainebleau is always in the first breath. Simpson's routing uses what the forest gave him — sand underfoot, heather in the rough, avenues of oaks framing every drive — and more than a century later the course still asks the old questions: position over power, the running approach, the two-putt earned. The club guards its calm: this is a members' course above all, visitor access is limited and generally midweek, and guests most often play at a member's side. If you have secured a tee time here, arriving unhurried, correctly turned out and on the minute is simply part of the etiquette — which is precisely what a chauffeur is for.
The course also anchors one of the best full days out of Paris. The classic build: leave mid-morning-minus-a-round — early enough for an 18-hole morning in the forest — lunch at the clubhouse or in town, then the Château de Fontainebleau, eight centuries of kings and Napoleon's apartments, UNESCO-listed and minutes from the course, or the painters' village of Barbizon on the forest's western edge. On day disposal the chauffeur waits at every stop, keeps a change of clothes and your clubs aboard, and the schedule flexes with your scorecard. Our Paris to Fontainebleau guide maps the wider day in detail.
For companies, the equation is even simpler. Fontainebleau hosts golf days, client entertainment and seminar programmes year round — INSEAD is minutes away, and many of its visiting executives discover the course this way. Our event service runs several cars and vans under one booking: staggered pickups across Paris hotels or the airports, vehicles on standby through the golf and the dinner, one grouped return at night. And if your Fontainebleau plans run beyond the fairways — the château, the estates, a regular Paris run, a day at the racecourse in the forest — our Fontainebleau chauffeur service covers the whole bassin. For a tailored programme, talk to us directly.