The chateau includes 8 bedrooms comfortably accommodating 15 guests, a magnificent dining hall, fully equipped kitchen, a drawing room, music room with upright piano, several sitting rooms, a spacious terrace with outdoor dining that can seat up to 16, a heated swimming pool, tennis court, 10 adults and 2 children’s bicycles. It is equipped with satellite TV, DVD, CD player, phone, fax, and Wi-Fi, washing machine and dryer. The old horse stables have been converted into a games area with a ping-pong and baby foot table as well as a typical French game “petanque”. Upon entering the chateau, you are welcomed by a fabulous double hall covered in Carrara marble.
The castle features 8 bedrooms each with its own en-suite full bathroom and sleeps 15 guests maximum. Each room, named after a famous French or American general, has been beautifully and thoroughly designed to meet all your needs. All rooms enjoy en-suite bathrooms with hair dryers and are equipped with everything you may need to make you feel like royalty.
First level: General Collins Bedroom with 1 king size bed
Second level:
General de Gaulle Bedroom with 2 twin beds
General Taylor Bedroom with 1 single bed
General Bradley Bedroom with 1 queen bed
General Montgomery Bedroom with 2 twin beds 100 cm x 200 cm can be joined together on request
General Eisenhower Bedroom with 1 king bed + 1 single bed
General Ridgeway Bedroom with 1 double bed
General Dempsey Bedroom with 1 queen bed
Cots and highchairs for small children available upon request.
Located in the heart of the Cotentin Peninsula in the Normandy province of France, just 3 hours from Paris, the castle is the perfect vacation spot to discover the Normandy region which boasts a wide choice of cultural and leisure activities all within close proximity to the chateau. Normandy offers something for everyone from D-day beaches and historical sites, to cultural sites such as Claude Monet’s Giverny Gardens, the Bayeux Tapestries to lovely villages such as Sainte Mere Eglise, Mont St. Michel, and Honfleur.
Normandy is famous for its cuisine especially seafood and veal dishes, cheeses such as Pont l’Eveque and Camembert and of course apple brandy “Calvados”. The local markets provide the opportunity to discover and enjoy many of these local treats. The closest market is in Valognes (5 minutes from the chateau) on Fridays, Bricquebec (10 minutes from the chateau) on Mondays.
The chateau is ideally placed for golf lovers as it is only a short distance from 5 different golf courses each offering an enticing uniqueness.
The estate has a really unique and inspiring history that includes the Gallo Roman period and the pre-Carolingian period. It is however the most recent events that played an important role in European and world history. On June 26, 1944 the only peace treaty signed between the Germans and Americans at the end of World War II, The Surrender of Cherbourg was signed by General Karl Wilhelm von Schlieben and General Joseph Lawton Collins on the bureau of the Drawing Room in the chateau. This is how the chateau received its prestigious nickname of the D’Day Chateau.
Lately the chateau has been recognized by the French Commission of UNESCO for the 70th Anniversary of the Surrender of Cherbourg and it is the symbol of peace in Normandy. The chateau has been in the family of the current owners for 500 years.
