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La Ville-aux-Clercs

Surrounded d´un park with the abundant vegetation, the Manor of the Forest is a residence of nature marrying the user-friendliness of l´accueil with a very flowered decoration. A haven of peace in the middle of the forest vendômoise… Closed Sunday evening and Monday from October at Easter The Manor, having two large terraces exposed very well, where you will take pleasure to lunch, dine or with you prélasser, accomodates you within a framework where the master word is refinement.

Have you ever dreamed of an authentic and welcoming place, easily accessible from Paris (1h30 drive by highway A11)? Come to Courtalain. The outside and inside space, the beauty of the place make your dreams come true for the realization of a wonderful stay in charming bedrooms.

Hidden away in the midst of the idyllic wooded hills of the Perche, the Château de la Barre progressively unfolds its history. For centuries, its parkland has protected it from all noise and disturbance, and it now emerges as a historical haven. Although, having born witness to the Hundred Years War, the Religion Wars, and the vicissitudes of the French Revolution, it could tell countless tales, it delights most in joyfully extolling a preserved way of life. Today, the Count and Countess de Vanssay, the twentieth generation of the family, in the same location, open up their abode to you; an abode where the rooms amalgamate both elegance and authenticity on the one hand, and comfort and modernity on the other. The living rooms, adorned with portraits of various family ancestors, rival with elegance, and almost eloquence, the great Dining Room, a veritable chef d'oeuvre of the 18th century, complete with the monumental dresser and exquisite china collection Take a step into history…

"Le Chapeau Rouge" is an ancient staging post dating back to the times of the French Revolution when there were thousands of "Le Chapeau Rouge" along all the main arteriel routes from Paris. Our own "Le Chapeau Rouge" has been at the heart of Vibraye since the 1780's, just 30 years after Vibraye was burnt to the ground in 1750. Our Cave, with many original features, is built on the remains of one of Vibraye's two Middle Ages (12th Century) Churches - "Chapelle St Jacques", when the Place in front of the Hotel was some four metres lower then today and was the ancient buriel ground.