Whatever you may think when you look at the photos, you will be more impressed when you arrive 😊 Martine is terrific – very welcoming, charming and really helpful - she answered the few queries we had by email very quickly & she is quite right to be very proud of their lovely house (we were very grateful for the lovely champagne in the fridge too!)
The Chateau is really nicely renovated and decorated, the outlook is amazing on to the park at the back and the rooms (upstairs & downstairs) are generally large comfortable and not over the top. It’s somewhere you can relax and not worry about breaking old furniture or antiques!
There were 10 of us in 2 families, so we used 6 bedrooms and the 5 bathrooms – some of the upstairs bedrooms ‘share’ en-suite bathrooms which are between the 2 rooms. For our families this was perfect, but don’t expect 8 bedrooms all to have a private en-suite. The downstairs bedroom has a separate bathroom.
The main bedroom is amazing, it has a large en-suite with sauna and whirlpool bath, so the ‘hot tub’ isn’t under the stars, it is a bath in a bathroom – I guess it would be a bit cozy for more than 4 people! This room also has a walk-in wardrobe & the sauna.
There are two dining rooms, it might be a challenge getting 16 around the main table, but for our 10 it was brilliant, we dined outside a couple of times.
The pool is really nice, it warmed up during the week – the peace and tranquillity from the pool were delightful, the only sounds were the church tower clock, frogs in the moat and the occasional flapping of wings as a heron took off! (or a Frech air force jet!) There are a couple of supermarkets a few miles away, so stocking up was easy (nothing in the village next door).
We were there for a relaxing family holiday, reading, eating, drinking, swimming, being together as families, playing badminton (we took our own) and cycling & walking around the grounds, it was perfect. We saw deer, a hare and heron in the park, plus dozens of frogs in the moat.
The Champagne trail is a few miles away and we spent a day going around the region which is delightful, but didn’t realise that nearly everywhere closed for the bank holiday. Wifi is OK and at 4 hours from Calais, travelling was really easy.
It's a very special place and we would love to go back - thank you Martine for letting us stay in your wonderfulChateau.