MALESHERB CASTLE

Set in 100 hectares of wooded parkland, Château de Malhesherbes was once the property of several great families: Montagu, de Graville, de Balzac d'Entragues and de Lamoignon. It was the architect Pierre Vigné de Vigny (1690-1772) who created the ultimate version. The courtyard features an imposing ^14th-century tithe barn and a chapel housing the tomb of François de Balzac. Both are open to visitors, as is the ^18th-century Chateaubriand house. A must-see is the ^18th-century pigeon loft, with its 1,862 boulins housing over 8,000 pigeons. Our strolls through the park take us back in time... A real change of scenery!