Parks & Gardens
Parks & GardensForest of Rambouillet
Rambouillet
This massive former royal forest offers 600km of marked trails through oak groves, ponds, and sandy clearings. Spot wild deer, forage for mushrooms, or simply escape the city buzz among trees that have stood for half a millennium.
royal hunting heritage
30,000 hectares
wildlife spotting
mushroom foraging
Tips
🍄"one of France's top five forests for mushroom foraging" (Routard)
🦘wild wallabies still roam here since escaping a zoo in the 1970s
⛲the Étangs de Hollande once supplied water to Versailles' fountains
Forest of Rambouillet
Rambouillet
Parks & GardensParks & GardensThis massive former royal forest offers 600km of marked trails through oak groves, ponds, and sandy clearings. Spot wild deer, forage for mushrooms, or simply escape the city buzz among trees that have stood for half a millennium.
royal hunting heritage
30,000 hectares
wildlife spotting
mushroom foraging
Tips
🍄"one of France's top five forests for mushroom foraging" (Routard)
🦘wild wallabies still roam here since escaping a zoo in the 1970s
⛲the Étangs de Hollande once supplied water to Versailles' fountains