Hôtel Chateau d’Esclimont

Hôtel Chateau d’Esclimont

Hôtel Chateau d'Esclimont The Château d'Esclimont is a 5-star hotel-restaurant situated less than an hour from Paris. It offers individually decorated rooms with flat-screen TV and Wi-Fi internet access.It sits between the Chateau Versailles and Chartres Cathedral, on a 150-acre wooded park surrounded by moats and a pond.Guests can enjoy traditional haute cuisine and a choice of over 400 wines from the cellar served in the luxurious dining room.Château d'Esclimont provides facilities including a heated swimming pool, tennis courts, cycling and boating and more.At the heart of a landmark 60-hectare park, the towers, balconies, turrets and belfries of the Château d'Esclimont may be found. This former dwelling of the La Rochefoucauld family is a jewel of the Renaissance and a romantic place to stay, less than one hour from Paris, between the Versailles Palace and Chartres Cathedral.In 1543, Etienne du Ponchet, the Lord of Esclimont, canon of Chartres and Archbishop of Tours, rebuilt the château taking inspiration from the style of the great houses that his cousins were building in the Val de Loire.The 17th and 18th centuries were the centuries of the Bullion family. They transformed the château and brought it up to date without tearing down the corner turrets out of respect for their forebears. The château then passed to the Montmorency-Laval family until the marriage in 1807 of its owner, Elisabeth Hélene Pierre, to Louis- François- Sosthene de La Rochefoucauld - Doudeauville. www.esclimont.com

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