La Faisanderie trail - Accessible to persons with reduced mobility

This trail lets you discover the site of La Faisanderie and the open environments nearby, with an opportunity to learn more about its specific flora and discover its historic heritage.

La Faisanderie: pheasants (up to 4000 a year) used to be raised in theses premises, built under King Louis XIV and renovated by Napoleon III. They would be released four times annually in the “parquets de chasse” (hunting grounds). Here was the “Grand Parquet”, the largest of all with its 357 hectares. This activity came to an end in 1871, when the Forest became a private property of the French State.

Common heather: along this trail there is a specific flora of open environments: common heather. This plant belongs to the calluna family. It blooms in summer and forms beds of uncommon pink color.

Open environments: they are quite important for the preservation of biodiversity. In the forest of Fontainebleau they cover more than 1500 hectares and are home to numerous floristic and faunistic species, several of which are protected such as woodlarks (a small bird nesting on the ground).