Region
Five châteaux and manor houses for exclusive hire, between the Pays d'Ouche, the Eure valley and the forests around Rouen. Half-timbering, fireplaces, big grounds, and the sea an hour away.
The region
Normandy is where Paris goes for the weekend, and it deserves it: 1 h 20 from Paris, Château de Feuguerolles de Hellenvilliers, a 12th-century house in the Eure valley, offers total quiet to 11 people and parties of up to 50. At 1 h 45, Château de Villers-en-Ouche, a listed historic monument, opens its 20 hectares in the Pays d’Ouche to 25. Towards Rouen, the Manoir des Zoaques, once Sacha Guitry’s summer residence, sleeps 21; Château du Landel takes 39 for a weekend or a holiday. And the Domaine de la Ferme de Mahomet combines 23 beds with a reception for 80.
These are private châteaux and manor houses, rented whole: the owners welcome you, hand over the place — drawing rooms, kitchen, grounds, often a fireplace in every room — and leave you among yourselves. That is the difference from a holiday cottage or a boutique hotel, and it is what families want for a cousins’ reunion, a birthday or a country wedding.
All around, what travellers look for in Normandy: Giverny and Monet’s gardens, Rouen and its cathedral, Lyons-la-Forêt, the banks of the Seine and Jumièges Abbey, Honfleur and Deauville an hour away, the cliffs of Étretat, the Pays d’Auge and its cider route, the stud farms of the Perche. The D-Day beaches and Mont-Saint-Michel make a day trip. From 11 to 39 beds, up to 80 guests for a reception.
Our selection
12th century · 1 ha
★ 5.0 · 4 reviews
The Château de Feuguerolles in Hellenvilliers, 1 hour and 20 minutes from Paris, is a charming, peaceful retreat available for rent for…
XVIIème Century · 20 ha
Rent Château de Mahomet, located on the Domaine de la Ferme de Mahomet estate, for your group vacations, birthdays, or weekends with…
20 ha
This 17th-century castle, part of which is designated as a Historic Monument, is available for rent for your weekends with family or…
19th century · 20 ha
A castle for rent that sleeps 21 people, the Manoir des Zoaques—located 1 hour and 30 minutes from Paris and 40 minutes…
★ 4.8 · 6 reviews
The Château du Landel near Rouen welcomes you for weekend getaways or vacations for up to 39 people.
For which occasion
Your guests sleep on site and the party does not stop at midnight. Reception rooms, grounds, and the château bedrooms for close family.
Château weddingsCousins, birthdays, long tables: a whole château or manor, pool and grounds included. More authentic than a large gîte, no more expensive.
Family holidaysReception rooms, bedrooms on site, one table for the whole team. The place does half the work.
Corporate seminarsPractical guide
All year round. Spring for Giverny and the apple blossom (late April), autumn for the forests and the new cider. A Normandy winter is made for long dinners by the fire: several châteaux have a fire in every drawing room. Summer: the sea an hour away, the grounds for the children.
By car from Paris on the A13 or A12, 1 h 20 to 1 h 45. By train: Rouen in 1 h 20 from Saint-Lazare, Évreux in 1 h, then 20 to 30 minutes by car. From London, 2 h 20 by Eurostar to Paris then the road — or the Newhaven–Dieppe ferry.
Giverny, Rouen, Lyons-la-Forêt, Jumièges Abbey, Honfleur, Deauville and Trouville, Étretat, the Pays d'Auge, the Perche, the D-Day beaches, Mont-Saint-Michel.
Frequently asked questions
An hour by car to Honfleur, Deauville or Étretat from the châteaux around Rouen; a little more from the Pays d'Ouche. You go for the day and come back to dine at the château.
Yes, all of them rent in winter, with central heating and fireplaces. It is the season for family gatherings.
Up to 80 at the Ferme de Mahomet, 50 at Villers-en-Ouche and Feuguerolles. Le Landel and Les Zoaques are for groups who stay together, without an outside reception.
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