THE BEST WAY TO BARBIZON From LAX, Air Tahiti Nui and Air France fly nonstop to Paris. Delta, United, American and Lufthansa offer connecting service (change of planes). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $538. The village of Barbizon is about 35 miles southeast of Paris via autoroutes A6 a...
THE BEST WAY TO BARBIZON
From LAX, Air Tahiti Nui and
TELEPHONES
To call the numbers listed below from
WHERE TO STAY
Auberge des Alouettes, 4 Rue Antoine Barye, 1-60-66-41-98, www.barbizon.net, has clean, amiable, if slightly threadbare rooms above a restaurant in an eclectic 1883 country villa built for philosopher Gabriel Seailles and his artist-wife, Jeanne; doubles start around $80, including breakfast; three-course dinner about $45.
L'Hôtelleriedu Bas-Bréau, 22 Grande Rue, 1-60-66-40-05 or (800) 735-2478, www.relaischateaux.fr, was a favorite haunt of many Barbizon artists, though its most famous guest was the writer Robert Louis Stevenson. There is a swimming pool, pleasant garden and gourmet restaurant; doubles start around $355; 3-course dinner around $100.
WHERE TO EAT
Auberge du Grand-Veneur, on Highway N7 near Barbizon, 1-60-66-40-44, is an old French country inn famous for game grilled at a yawning fireplace in the elegant dining room; three-course dinner about $100.
Boucherie de l'Angelus, 64 Grande Rue, 1-60-66-40-27, can provide the makings for an excellent picnic lunch.
Brasserie L'Atelier les Pléaides, 21 Grande Rue, 1-60-66-40-25, is a casual restaurant with a terrace featuring dishes such as moules-frites; two-course dinner about $40. It is in the stylish new Hotel les Pléaides, set to open in early summer. The hotel will have a swimming pool and 23 rooms; doubles will start around $250.
TO LEARN MORE
French Government Tourist Office, www.franceguide.com.
Fountainebleau Tourist Office, 4 Rue Royale, 1-60-74-99-99, www.uk.fontainebleau.
There is a small tourist office in the village of Barbizon on Rue Theodore Rousseau near the Salon des Fêtes.
