Fontainebleau

Sports and the Outdoors

Club Alpin Français. The Forest of Fontainebleau is laced with hiking trails; for more information ask for the Guide des Sentiers (trail guide) at the tourist office. Bikes can be rented at the Fontainebleau-Avon train station. The forest is also famed for its quirky rock formations, where many a novice alpinist first caught the climbing bug; for more information contact the Club Alpin Français. 24 av. Laumière, Paris, 75019. 01-53-72-87-00. www.ffcam.fr.